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No justice for Japanese cameraman, 2 red-shirt protesters killed during 2010...
The Criminal Court ruled that no evidence can indicate who was responsible for the deaths of a Japanese cameraman and two red shirts who died during violence in April-May 2010.Bangkok’s Southern...
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Only junta can decide on new constitution referendum, says deputy PM
The deputy prime minister said that only the cabinet and the junta have an authority to decide whether the public referendum on the new constitutional draft would be held or not.According to ASTV...
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Free Somyot, expedite his appeal trial
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Paris-Geneva, April 30, 2015 - Thailand’s Supreme Court must immediately release on bail human rights defender Somyot Phrueksakasemsuk and expedite his...
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Garment workers call for wage increase while condemning junta
Workers in Thailand’s textile industry called for higher wages and labour rights while condemning the military regime.The Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation of Thailand (TWF) issued a...
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Australia: Stop refugee transfers to Cambodia
Human Rights Watch (Sydney, April 30, 2015) – Australia should withdraw plans to send refugees from Nauru to Cambodia in the face of continuing abuses against those already in Cambodia, Human Rights...
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Thai authorities immediately shut red shirt TV
Thai authorities issued an order to immediately shut down a TV station affiliated with the anti-establishment red shirt. Jatuporn Prompan, one of the key leaders of the United Front for Democracy...
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Post-coup Thai Student Activists - Part I
In November 2014, a transgender student activist was arrested and briefly detained for flashing a three-fingered salute at the ‘Hunger Games 3’ movie premiere in central Bangkok as a symbolic protest...
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Military court grants bail for the first time to bombing suspect
The Military Court granted bail for the first time by temporarily releasing a seven-months pregnant suspect in bombing of the Criminal Court.The Military Court of Bangkok on Thursday afternoon granted...
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Red-shirt TV issues statement against blackout order
After the state broadcasting agency abruptly ordered a red-shirt TV off air on Thursday night, the station issued a statement against the order, saying that it was partial and motivated by...
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Thai military forbids labour rally in Chiang Mai
The military have forced the cancellation of a Labour Day rally organised by workers in Chiang Mai, citing the continuing volatility of the political situation. According to Prachatham News, the...
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Thailand: mass graves of Rohingya found in trafficking camp
Human Rights Watch (New York, May 2, 2015) – The discovery of more than 30 bodies in a human trafficking camp should prompt Thai authorities to authorize an independent, United Nations-assisted...
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Thai Junta’s lawmakers to pass bill to regulate public demonstrations
Thailand’s Lawmakers gave a final approval to pass the bill to regulate public assemblies, which will create petty hindrances to public demonstrations. According to the Nation Breaking News, the...
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Leading Thai academics and activists call for referendum on new constitution
Politicians, labor unionists, academics, and others urged the Thai junta to hold public referendum on the new constitutional draft, pointing out that people have the highest authority to determine the...
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Four-year anniversary of imprisonment of Somyot Prueksakasemsuk
Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Photo from Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Last Thursday, 30 April 2015, was the four year-anniversary of the imprisonment of Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, a...
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Media and civil org launches website to collect polls on new constitution
Media and civil society organisations launched a new website to allow people to have their say in the new constitutional draft while pointing out that the state agencies responsible in drafting the new...
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Amnesty condemns Thai junta over media censorship
Amnesty International urged the Thai junta to remove censorships over media and stop the prosecutions of people of the press in the name of national security.On Sunday, Amnesty International issued a...
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Over 5,000 residents say No Coal in Ye, Myanmar
Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance (TERRA) In the morning of May 5, 2015 more than 5,000 people from Ye Township and other areas in Mon State came to Andin Village to protest the...
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Junta declines calls to revoke year-long ban on political activities
Khaosod English: Thailand's military junta will retain its ban on political activities, which was imposed nearly one year ago, despite calls from the leader of the Pheu Thai party to repeal the...
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Civil society groups campaign for boycott of 7/11
Thailand’s think tanks for consumer rights and sustainable agriculture are urging people to boycott a giant convenient store chain and to call on the junta to revise business laws against market...
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Thai authorities must release southern human rights defender: Front Line...
Front Line Defenders On 2 May 2015, the detention of human rights defender Mr Muhammad Yaki Salae was extended by emergency decree. The human rights defender was originally arrested on 24 April 2015....
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