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About 50 protestors arbitrarily detained on coup anniversary
FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights Paris, Bangkok, 23 May 2015: Yesterday’s arbitrary arrests of students and activists are the latest example of the Thai military junta’s relentless...
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Criminal court holds preliminary hearing of lèse majesté suspect in camera
The criminal court held a preliminary hearing in the case of a man accused of defaming the monarchy on Facebook in camera after six months of detention although the defendant claimed that the alleged...
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Bloody May memories and lessons still not learned
Pravit Rojanaphruk The month of May is a politically loaded month for modern Thai political history. Our society as a whole, however, seems to have failed to learn and consolidate crucial lessons from...
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Law academic ‘Worachet’ tried in military court
The Bangkok military court on Tuesday held the first witness hearing in the case where Worachet Pakeerut, courageous law academic from Thammasat University, was accused of defying coup maker’s order...
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APHR condemn Myanmar Population Control Law as another step towards ethnic...
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) JAKARTA, 27 May 2015 – The Myanmar government’s passage of a controversial new “population control” law is yet another in a long line of restrictive and...
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Southeast Asia: Accounts from Rohingya Boat People
Denial of Rights in Burma, Bangladesh Lead to Trafficking and Dangerous Sea Voyages (Bangkok, May 27, 2015) – Rohingya and other survivors of dangerous boat voyages fromBurma and Bangladesh describe...
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Southeast Asia: Put Rights at Center of Boat People Summit
Human Rights Watch Demand End of Abuses in Burma, Access for Refugee Protection(Bangkok, May 28, 2015) – Governments gathering in Bangkok on May 29, 2015, to discuss the Southeast Asia boat people...
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Man given one month suspended for graffiti
The criminal court sentenced a man to one month in jail, suspended for one year, for spray-painting an anarchist symbol on the court’s name plate in Bangkok.Ratchada Criminal Court on Wednesday...
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CSOs urge junta to withdraw forest protection policies
Civil society organisations have submitted a report to the UN urging the Thai junta to grant rights related to natural resources, public healthcare, and education to ethnic minorities.The Cross...
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ASEAN must ensure dignity and human rights for the Rohingya
ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC) and ASEAN Peoples’ Forum (APF) South East Asian waters have seen an influx of an approximate 8000 Rohingyas – Myanmar's ethnic Muslim minority who face...
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Isan villagers urge Thai authorities to prioritise environment over oil drilling
Embattled villagers in Thailand’s Northeast Isan region have urged the Thai authorities to consider the environmental impacts of oil drilling before it is too late.According to the Environmental...
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Soldiers disrupt Pheu Thai's legal defence meetings
Khaosod English: Soldiers have disrupted two meetings organized by Pheu Thai politicians who were gathering in northeastern Thailand this week to discuss their legal defense for a pending impeachment...
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Thai junta presses lèse majesté charge against ex-PM Thaksin
Controversial ex-Prime Minister Pol Lt Col Thaksin Shinawatra is to be charged with defaming the monarchy and stripped of his police rank.According to the Thai News Agency, Gen Udomdej Sitabutr, the...
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Put rights at center of boat people summit
Human Rights Watch (Bangkok, May 28, 2015) – Governments gathering in Bangkok on May 29, 2015, to discuss the Southeast Asia boat people crisis should reach binding agreements to save people at sea,...
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Thai authorities put off promise to open dam in Isan for fish migration
A promise to open a controversial dam in Isan, Thailand’s Northeast, to allow fish to migrate during the breeding season stalls by state officials after an inconclusive meeting. High ranking military...
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Criminal Court dismisses rebellion charges against Thai coup-makers
The criminal court refused to take legal actions against the Thai junta leader and associates for staging a coup d’état against the former elected administrator and the former constitution.According to...
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Bangkok meeting a failure as delegates avoid discussion of key issues in...
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) BANGKOK, 29 May -- Parliamentarians from ASEAN member states, including Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Myanmar expressed serious concern today after a...
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Thailand: Drop charges against student activists
Human Rights Watch (New York, June 5, 2015) – Thai authorities should immediately drop criminal charges against 11 student activists who peacefully expressed opposition to military rule, Human Rights...
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Suppression of public launch of the report on situation of human rights one...
Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) The Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) plans to launch a report on the situation of human rights one year after the coup in Thailand on 4 June 2015, 18.00, at...
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Fundamental rights in Thailand decline
An international think tank has downgraded Thailand’s rule of law ranking after the military assumed power in the 2014 coup.World Justice Project (WJP), an international non-profit organization which...
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