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Right-wing Thai media mocks Human Rights Watch with satirical cartoon
After Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Thai authorities to investigate the alleged torture of the criminal court bombing suspects, a conservative Thai news website mocked the rights group with a...
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Military summons university lecturer over anti-junta banner
The military in northern Thailand have summoned a university lecturer and a rector over an anti-junta banner and warned that there should be no political activity on campus.The Deputy Commander of the...
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The alleged torture of Criminal Court bomb suspects
Thai Lawyers for Human Rights Press StatementThe alleged torture of Criminal Court bomb suspectsFor immediate release on 21 March 2015 The public statement issued by the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights...
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Isaan Opposition Movement Seminar held at Thammasat University
The Isaan Record Community members, lawyers, academics, and students from the Northeast and Bangkok convened this Friday to kick off a new political movement to defend the rights of Isaan people under...
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Police arrest lèse majesté suspect linked to “Banpodj Network”
The police arrested a lèse majesté suspect from northern Thailand and accused him of posting lèse majesté content on Facebook. He was accused of being part of the Banpodj Network, an alleged criminal...
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Thai military orders labour union to remove pro-election stickers
The Thai military forced labour unionists to remove pro-election stickers and placards at a monthly rally.Around six military officers on Saturday morning inspected cars which belong to Rangsit and...
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Thai junta hunts 31 lèse majesté suspects in exile
Thailand’s Ministry of Justice is now chasing 31 lèse majesté suspects who are currently living overseas in an attempt to extradite the suspects from the host countries and have them prosecuted in...
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AI urges members to voice concerns on torture allegations to Thai authorities
Amnesty International has called on its members around the world to send letters to the Thai authorities to voice concerns over the alleged torture of suspects in the Bangkok court bombing case. The...
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Military court denies bail of court bombing suspect reportedly tortured by...
The military court rejected the bail request of a criminal court bombing suspect who was allegedly tortured by the police under custody.Bangkok’s military court on Monday denied a bail request...
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Criminal court postpones deposition hearing of ‘Men in Black’ for 3rd time
The Criminal Court on Monday postponed for the third time the deposition hearing of the ‘Men in Black’ suspects, who were allegedly involved in violence during the military crackdown on red shirts on...
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Junta leader blames Thai crisis on 'too much democracy'
Khaosod English The protracted political crisis that has rocked Thailand for the past decade is the result of "too much democracy," said Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, the retired army chief who seized power...
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Harrison George Pol Sr Sgt Maj Suphan Chamnit may soon be on his way out of the police force and into a jail cell, but his recent exploits have provided some insight into the way Thai society has...
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Junta urged to rethink public housing plan for urban poor
A civil society organisation for the poor rejected the junta’s subsidised state housing project for the poor, saying that the project is not compatible with the urban poor’s livelihoods. The Four...
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Rayong villagers submit human rights violation complaint after being attacked
Ecological Alert and Recovery-Thailand (EARTH) March 25, 2015 – More than 40 residents from Ban Laeng rural municipality, Rayong province travelled to Bangkok and submitted a human rights violation...
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Thai junta warns media against reporting on human trafficking
Khaosod English: Thailand's military leader has asked the media not to report on human trafficking without considering how the news will affect the country's seafood industry and reputation...
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Thai junta stays silent on UN’s inquiry into torture allegation of red-shirt...
Thai junta ignored the UN’s inquiry into the torture allegations of Kritsuda Khunasen, a red shirt political activist who was detained incommunicado more than 20 days in June 2014. The UN’s Office of...
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[Update] Military court grants bail to prominent anti-junta activist
The military Court granted bail to one of the four embattled anti-junta activists from Resistant Citizen, a pro-democracy activist group.At around 2.20pm on Thursday, Bangkok’s Military Court granted a...
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Thai military leader threatens to execute journalists
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the National Union of Journalists, Thailand (NUJT) deplores the comments made by Thai military junta...
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Thai military intimidates 17 student activists
In a bid to stop the political activities of student activists, the military officers intimidates 17 student activists by paying visits to their places, dorms, and parent’s places.The Thai Student...
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Thailand: Public Assembly Act at risk of infringing international human...
FORUM-ASIA (Bangkok, 25 March 2015) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) is deeply concerned by the Draft Public Assembly Act (Draft Act) regulating public gatherings,...
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