Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by PRACHATAI
After repeated threats and assaults, villagers and activists protesting the impact of a gold mine have been shot at by a local government employee as they were trying to prevent ore from being smuggled out of the mine.
The gunshot incident took place on 12 January, the day after the Khon Rak (…)
In the case of 14 Sapwai villagers from Chaiyaphum Province, sentenced to imprisonment and fines by the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal after refusing to move from their land under the ‘forest reclamation’ policy, their lawyer indicated that the problem started from missing (…)
, by RITTIPIN Sarayuth
Suphap Khamlae, wife of disappeared land rights activist Den Khamlae, has been released upon completing a six-month jail sentence for land encroachment. At 65, Ms Suphap, of Khok Yao Village, Khon San District, Chaiyaphum Province, insists that she will continue to fight for the Khok Yao (…)
, by FIDH, Front Line Defenders, OMCT, Protection International
Concerns about the killing of two women human rights defenders members of the Southern Peasants’ Federation of Thailand (SPFT), Ms. Montha Chukaew (50) and Ms. Pranee Boonrat (54).
H.E. Yingluck Shinnawatra Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Government House Thanon Phitsanulok, Dusit (…)
, by La Via Campesina
We, delegates of peasants, women and men, of the international movement La Via Campesina in the South East and East Asia region, attended the Regional Training on the Rights of Peasants in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand from 26 to 29 May 2009. During this training we reiterated our commitment (…)
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