Family of nurse killed in 2010 political violence arrested for protest after...
Update: Phayao and Nattapat Akkakad were released without charge. The police said they merely wanted to ask about their activity and merely recorded it in the daily police ledger. Family members of a...
View ArticleOver 200 academics, students urge university presidents to protect academic...
As academic freedom is under threat since the military coup d'etat took place on 22 May, over 200 academics and university students on Wednesday urged the president of the Council of University...
View ArticlePack up Your Troubles in Your Old Plastic Bag
Harrison George I am a responsible consumer. When I get to the checkout, I flourish my cloth shopping bags.And the first time out in a new shop you can expect to be met with bemusement. Many will...
View ArticleMilitary continues to harass Khon Kaen student activists
High ranking military officer followed and “requested” to see a female member of Khon Kaen student activist group and continue to monitor the activities and whereabouts of the group members closely...
View Article3 lèse majesté complaints filed against women wearing black around King’s...
After lèse majesté complaints were filed by royalist groups in Bangkok and two northeastern provinces against a woman from Khon Kaen who allegedly wore black around the King’s birthday, the Thai...
View ArticleHuman Rights at the 2014 Constitutional Turning Moment
Kohnwilai Teppunkoonngam On the date of 10 December 2014, let us be happy on the commemoration of auspicious Universal Human Rights Day and Constitution Day of Thailand. Shan’t I be happy, I ask...
View ArticleMurders of human rights defenders in Thailand underline need for protection
United Nations 9 December 2014 – The murders of two human rights defenders working on land and natural resource issues in the south of Thailand underscore the need for authorities in the country to...
View ArticleThai military should not supply prisoners to fishing boats
Human Rights Watch (New York, December 11, 2014) – Thailand’s military government should cancel a plan to encourage prisoners to work on fishing boats given the widespread abuses in the Thai fishery...
View ArticleMilitary court grants bail to cook accused of holding illegal weapons
In an unprecedented decision a military court has granted bail to a 50-year-old cook, accused of possessing illegal weapons after having denied her bail request four times.This was the second time bail...
View ArticleWife of high ranking police from Akharaphongpreecha network charged with lese...
The police arrested the wife of a high-ranking police officer and charged her with lèse majesté for allegedly using the name of the monarchy to sell overpriced chili paste and other food products.Pol...
View ArticleFree speech crackdown in Thailand creating ‘spiral into silence’
Amnesty International Thailand’s military authorities must halt the alarming deterioration in respect for freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, including ending the unprecedented use of the...
View ArticleMilitary court takes lèse majesté case involving mentally ill patient
The military court in Chiang Rai on Thursday ruled to proceed with the trial of a lèse majesté case despite an obvious lack of intention on the part of the defendant who allegedly was out of his mind...
View ArticleThailand: Don’t Supply Prisoners to Fishing Boats
Human Rights Watch (New York) – Thailand’s military government should cancel a plan to encourage prisoners to work on fishing boats given the widespread abuses in the Thai fishery sector. On December...
View ArticlePolice arrest man for lèse majesté on Facebook
Thai police arrested a man accused of defaming the monarchy on Facebook more than a year after the complaint was filed.According to Bangkokbiznews, the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD)...
View ArticleSouth Korean civil society condemns Thai junta
The Joint Declaration of Korean Civil Society & Labor Organizations There is nothing to expect from 2014 ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit attended by the major actors of military coup...
View ArticleIsaan people use Human Rights Festival to air grievances in time of martial...
Isaan Record Khon Kaen– Despite concerns from the military, about 400 people from thirteen provinces participated in the 7th Annual Isaan Human Rights Festival held yesterday at Kwanmor Hotel in Khon...
View ArticleLao govt condemned for failure to investigate disappearance of prominent Lao...
Thaweeporn Kummetha Two years after the abduction of the prominent, internationally acclaimed Lao development worker Sombath Somphone by Lao state agents, the Lao government has done very little to...
View ArticleStudent activists give 3-fingered salute at National Human Rights Commission
Thai police on Friday afternoon detained two of five student activists who gave the anti-coup three-fingered salute to the heavily criticized head of the National human Rights Commission (NHRC). They...
View ArticleAlleged plain cloth military threatens to rape anti-coup student activist
Anti-coup student activist, who in November arrested for flashing the anti-coup three-fingered salute at the Hunger Game 3 premiere, was threatened with rape by presumably plain-cloth military...
View ArticleMilitary accuses man of posting lese majeste on FB
The military on Friday filed a police complaint against a man for posting lese majeste messages on Facebook, Matichon Online reported. Lt Col Burin Thongprapai, a member of the military staff judge...
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