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Military files lawsuit against villager for posting picture of military’s...
Internal security officers in northeastern Thailand filed a lawsuit against a man who allegedly posted a picture of the officers while they were trying to evict the villagers on facebook. According to...
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2nd postponement of military court trial of suspect defying junta’s order
The military court has again postponed the trial of a suspect charged with defying an order of the junta in 2014 due to the repeated absence of the first prosecution witness. The military court on...
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The Thai Military, the Enemy and Fourth Generation Warfare
John Draper Something rather complex just happened in Thailand. Within the last 48 hours, an extremely brave piece of investigative reporting from Channel 3, as well as a piece by the Associated...
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112 Banpodj Network: Who is Banpodj?
“Banpodj” is behind a political podcast programme which is very influential among red shirts. To arrest him, the Thai authorities arrested 16 others who were accused of being part of a “Banpodj...
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Thai media association urges junta’s leader not to act like dictator
Thai national media association urged the head of the junta to understand the role of the media and not to act as a dictator, when hearing unpleasant news reportings. The News Broadcasting Council of...
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Thailand’s northerners, northeasterners urge junta to call off ‘return...
Thailand’s northeasterners and the northern ethnic minority group who have been affected by the junta’s forest protection policies urged national rights agencies to take actions in cancelling the...
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Drafting the Constitution in a Drought of Supporters
The Isaan Record KHON KAEN – In late January, about 250 Northeasterners from six provinces gathered at the conference room of the Petcharat Garden Hotel in Roi Et to participate in the drafting...
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Public Statement against the invocation of Section 44 of the Constitution of...
Public Statement against the invocation of Section 44 of theConstitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), B.E. 2557 (2014)For immediate release on 30 March 2015 It was reported on 27 March 2015...
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Writer decides to fight lese majeste case
Bundit Aneeya, a a 74 years-old writer charged with lese majeste for the second time, decided not to plead guilty to the military court and fight the case. Bangkok Military Court on Tuesday morning...
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Military court gives red shirt 25 years in jail for posting lese majeste on FB
The military court sentenced a red-shirt businessman accused of posting content defaming the monarchy on Facebook to 50 years imprisonment, in camera trial, but the jail term was halved because the...
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Court postpones ‘Popcorn gunman’ trial for 2nd time
The criminal court on Tuesday postponed for a second time the preliminary hearing against a suspect, known as "popcorn gunman" accused of shooting at red shirt protesters during a confrontation between...
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Military court grants bail to man arrested for distributing anti-junta pamphlets
The military court has granted bail to a man from eastern Thailand who was accused of distributing anti-junta pamphlets.According to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), the military court of the...
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Canadian Ambassador meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha
Ambassador Calvert meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha BANGKOK - Embassy of Canada press release following bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha H.E. Philip Calvert,...
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Thai Junta leader seeks sweeping powers
Human Rights Watch (New York, April 1, 2015) – Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha is seeking to invoke a constitutional provision that would give him unlimited powers without safeguards...
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Beware of those who see the need for Article 44
Pravit Rojanaphruk THE IRONY of the current political situation is that while the junta-appointed chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee, Borwornsak Uwanno, is busy promoting the new charter...
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Junta must guarantee press freedom, free speech: Thailand's law reform agency
Thailand’s law reform agency urged the Thai junta not to restrict media freedom and freedom of expression in the new constitution.Law Reform Commission of Thailand (LRCT), an independent state agency...
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UN expert dismayed over Thai leader’s intimidating statements against freedom...
United Nations GENEVA (1 April 2015) – United Nations expert on freedom of expression David Kaye today urged the Government of Thailand to unequivocally distance itself from the Thai’s leader...
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Thai military dismiss UN’s concern on human rights violation against land...
Thai military has dismissed the UN’s concern and suggestion that Thai authorities should uphold human rights while solving land conflicts, saying the information which says the military harassed...
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Journalism at all costs
Harrison George Working on the well-known principle that it is far more important to conceal a scandal than deal with it, Gen Prayut last week threatened to summon a Channel 3 reporter. This brave...
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Unofficial translation of Thai junta's order, replacing martial law with...
iLaw Martial Law as anounced on 20 May 2014 was lifted on Wednesday night and was immediately replaced by Order number 3/2558 (3/2015) issued by General Prayuth Chan-ocha in his capacity as Head of...
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