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Channel 3 investigated for misidentifying Crown Prince’s ex-wife
Khaodsod English: Thailand's top media regulatory board has launched an investigation into a state-owned TV station after one of its anchors misidentified a member of the Royal Thai Family in a news...
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Human rights lawyer hears charges related to anti-military Facebook posts
Anon Numpa on Thursday reported to the police to hear accusations related to his anti-military Facebook posts, most of which involve charges pressed against him by a member of the Judge Advocate...
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THAILAND: Protect human rights defenders in Udon Thani
Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Udon Thani Environmental Conservation Group about the intensification of ongoing threats...
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More than 200 academics, students call for academic freedom after embattled...
As concerned international observers of Thailand, we stand in solidarity with our colleagues who have condemned the summary dismissal of Dr. Somsak Jeamteerasakul by Thammasat University on 23 February...
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Future Imperfect
Harrison George The many and various oversight mechanisms of the new constitution became ever more tangled over the last week with the revelation that the National Anti-Corruption Commission has...
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Junta praises itself on human rights
Despite the junta’s crackdowns on political dissent and the imposition of the martial law, the Thai Foreign Minister said at a UN human rights meeting that Thailand has given much importance to human...
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Military forces northern civil society organisation to cancel seminar
The military forced a public seminar on martial law in northern Thailand to be cancelled due to its sensitive political content. Military officers from the 3rd Army in the northern province of Chiang...
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Military sends police officers to interrogate academic over anti-junta banner
The military sent police officers to interrogate a university lecturer in Isan suspected of hanging an anti-junta banner.Two police officers on Thursday around 5pm came to Mahasarakham University in...
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UN human rights commissioner urges Thai junta to respect free speech
UN human rights high commissioner has urged the Thai junta to respect freedom of expression to ensure open discussion during the drafting of constitution. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the United Nations...
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Military attempts to cancel media workshop in restive south
Military officers tried to cancel a media workshop in the restive deep south, claiming that they were ordered by their superiors to do so. However, the event can be held at the end. MIlitary officers...
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Police accept lèse majesté complaint against two Facebook users
Police in southern Thailand accepted a lèse majesté complaint filed against two Facebook users for allegedly posting messages defaming the monarchy on a red-shirt radio host’s Facebook profile.Lt Col...
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Thai activists rally on International Women’s Day for democracy, end of...
Activists rallied for women’s rights and an end to military rule on International Women’s Day, pointing out that the rights of both women and men have been suspended under the junta regime.Anti-junta...
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Programmer suspect denies lèse majesté charges in court
A programmer suspected of lèse majesté has denied the charges, saying that a copycat Facebook account falsely used his photo as profile picture and defamed the King, according to iLaw. Piya J., a...
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Junta to pass law banning homosexuals from monkhood
Kongpob Areerat The junta cabinet has approved a bill on religion which can be used to prosecute, with jail terms, people who propagate ‘incorrect’ versions of Buddhist doctrines or cause harm to...
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Thai coup sets bad example for ASEAN: Cambodian academic
A Cambodian academic says the derailment of democracy and coming to power of the junta regime in Thailand sets a bad example for other ASEAN countries.Deth Sok Udom, a Cambodian political scientist and...
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Thailand’s rights agency criticizes Public Assembly Bill
Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday criticized the junta’s Public Assembly bill as contradicting the rights principle. Although academics and activists have voiced their...
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The General Right to Restricted Freedom of Expression
Harrison George How refreshing to see a high-ranking Thai military officer expressing support for human rights. In his statement at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council on March 2 in Geneva,...
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Prosecutor indicts parents of former royal consort of lese majeste related to...
The prosecutor has indicted the parents of the former royal consort of lese majeste and objected bail requests by the couple, citing that the charges are severe, according to Matichon Online.The...
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Parents of former royal consort gets 2.5 years in jail for lèse majesté
The criminal court on Wednesday sentenced the parents of the former royal consort for making false claims about the Crown Prince, among other charges, to five years in jail, but since the defendants...
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Authorities briefly detain, intimidate Isan activists who are against...
The authorities continue to suppress local activists and villagers, who are against the petroleum exploration in villagers in Thailand’s Northeast.According to the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR),...
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