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About 20 police deployed at safe house of embattled student activists; arrest...
About 20 police officers, most of them in plainclothes, have been deployed the entrance of a Bangkok safe house of the 11 of 14 student activists, wanted on arrest warrants for protesting. 11 of 14...
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Mentally ill man jailed 3 years for sending lèse majesté link
The criminal court on Thursday morning sentenced a mentally ill man to three years and four months in jail for sending to a lèse majesté blog a link to lèse majesté content. Tanet (last name withheld...
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Stop unlawful detention and stop using justice process as a political tool
Thai Lawyers for Human Rights In pursuance to the invocation of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Order no. 7/2557 to ban political gathering and Section 44 of the 2014 Interim...
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Woman arrested for posting lèse majesté, double coup rumour on Facebook
The police have arrested a woman for posting lèse majesté content and a false rumour about a double coup. The police claimed she is part of an overseas network to defame the king. The military and...
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THAILAND: A military regime that must go
Asian Human Rights Commission June 26 is observed as the International Day in support of the victims of torture. Unfortunately, in Thailand, the day will be eclipsed by the military regime that is in...
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Harrison George Military claim ‘vicious harassment’, appeal to NHRCThe military junta who have taken total control of Thailand have started to make public complaints of political harassment, claiming...
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ASIA: Criminal justice processes incapable of ending torture
Asian Human Rights Commission The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has over the past 15 years documented close to 3,000 cases of torture from Asia. Most of these cases are reported through AHRC's...
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The UN Charter at 70: towards a safer and sustainable future for we the peoples
Ban Ki-moon Long before I became Secretary-General, the United Nations occupied a special place in my life. I was six years old when the Korean War broke out. I have memories of my village in flames...
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Student activists lead anti-junta rally
Yiamyut Sutthichaya About 100 people gathered at Bangkok’s Democracy Monument on Thursday when a group of embattled activists from Bangkok and Khon Kaen awaited arrest by the police and rallied...
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Thai police shuts down "mal-intentioned" Human Rights Watch event on...
Asaree Thaitrakulpanich The police have forced the Human Rights Watch to cancel a press conference on the release of a report about an ethnic minority persecuted by the Vietnamese government, claiming...
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14 anti-junta student activists arrested
The police on Friday 5.30pm arrested 14 activists wanted on arrest warrant for anti-junta activities at their safe house, Suan Ngern Mee Ma, Charoen Krung, Bangkok. The police took them to the Phra...
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Thailand, Myanmar’s laws put life of ethnic Moken in danger: Human Rights Watch
Asaree Thaitrakulpanich Thailand and Myanmar’s regulations systematically discriminate the rights to movement, health, and culture of the nomadic sea gypsy ethnic Moken people, according to a Human...
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Cease harassment and arrests of peaceful activists in Thailand
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) JAKARTA, 26 June 2015 – ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) called on Thai authorities to drop all charges and immediately release students...
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Thai military court detains 14 anti-junta student activists
The Thai Military Court detained 14 embattled students activists accused of violating the Thai junta’s political assembly ban amid a crowd who came to give moral support to the students. At 00:20 am...
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A statement for 14 embattled student activists: Thai Student Center for...
Thai Student Center for Democracy As everyone has seen, Today is a day that our friends have been arrested by undercover authorities. 14 men and women. 14 men and women who stand fight with a horror...
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Thailand: Junta Arrests 14 Student Activists
Human Rights Watch (New York, June 27, 2015) – Thai authorities should immediately drop all charges and release unconditionally 14 student activists who peacefully expressed opposition to military...
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Thai police harass student activists’ lawyer
Thai police officers attempted to search the car of a lawyer representing the 14 embattled student activists without a search warrant.At 1 am on Saturday, investigating officers from Chanasongkram...
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France grants refugee status to Thai political exiles
France has granted refugee status to Thai political refugees and lèse majesté suspects who fled Thailand after the 2014 coup d’état.According to the BBC Thai Service, the French government on 12 June...
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Thai army chief says the arrest of 14 embattled student activists ‘necessary
The Thai army commander says that the arrest of 14 embattled anti-junta student activists was unavoidable to prevent further conflicts and warned that people involved with the student activists will...
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Crowd gathers at Thammasat and prison to support 14 embattled anti-junta...
Pro-democracy activists and people from all walks of life gathered at Thammasat University and Bangkok Remand Prison on Sunday to give moral support for 14 embattled anti-junta activists under...
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