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Tear gas, rubber bullet use ’justified’
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday defended the way police handled the anti-government rally on Sunday in front of the 1st Infantry Regiment barracks, King’s Guard, insisting crowd-control measures were in compliance with international standards. (...)
Students accused of royal defamation for protest fashion show hear charges
Two students facing charges under the lèse majesté law for participating in a “fashion show” during a pro-democracy protest on Silom Road went to hear the charges yesterday (17 December), while members of the We Volunteer (...)
In mid-November, Thai police employed heavy-handed tactics as they deployed chemical-laced water cannons, tear gas canisters and the suspected use of rubber bullets – a counterproductive move that Mark S. Cogan argues will only lead to an escalation of violence
At a demonstration near (...)
Student activist Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak has been granted bail today (15 August) after being arrested the day before while travelling to a demonstration at the Nonthaburi Pier and accused of sedition and holding an illegal public assembly.
The crowd waited in front of the Bangkok Criminal Court (...)
The cabinet decided on Tuesday afternoon (26 May) to extend the State of Emergency to the end of June, while civil society organizations have called for the Emergency Decree to be lifted, raising concerns about abuse of power in situations unrelated to the pandemic.
Police officers at the (...)
27 May 2020 ASA 39/2403/2020
THAILAND: COVID-19 MEASURES MUST NOT BE USED TO VIOLATE INDIVIDUALS’ HUMAN RIGHTS
On 26 May 2020, the Thai government approvedthe extension of emergency powersunder the Emergency Decreeon Public Administrationin Emergency Situation (2005). The decree has beenin (...)
On the 6th anniversary of the disappearance of Karen community rights activist Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen, Amnesty International calls on the authorities to ensure that Billy’s family learn the truth about what happened to him and that those responsible are brought to justice.
Amnesty (...)
Dr Pavin Chachavalpongpun is an associate professor at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University. He has authored several books including Reinventing Thailand: Thaksin and His Foreign Policy and the forthcoming Coup, King, Crisis: Time of a Critical Interregnum in Thailand. (...)
Since 2006 and 2014 military coups in Thailand, there are about 50 Thai political exiles in Laos, half due to lese majeste law.
The Thai Junta, especially during the New King era, set up a military unit to eliminate all 112 dissidents in exiles. Since June 2016, 8 Thai refugees disappear (like (...)
Deputy PM denies reports that Thailand is holding the three dissidents in custody.
Three Thai activists facing charges of insulting the monarchy have disappeared after reportedly being arrested in Vietnam, months after two exiled critics of the military and monarchy died.
The three (...)
As Theresa May welcomes the Thai Prime Minister to Number 10 today, does she care about democracy and human rights? Or are business deals the only real priority?
Thailand’s Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha is meeting UK Prime Minister Teresa May in London this afternoon (June 20), and is (...)
Bangkok Post editor removed after refusing to tone down junta criticisms
The Bangkok Post confirmed on Monday that it had removed its news editor Umesh Pandey after he refused to alter his critical coverage of the military government, given that the newspaper plans to invite the junta head to (...)
BANGKOK — After years embodying the excesses of the lese majeste law, Somyot Prueksakasemsuk was released from prison shortly after dawn Monday from the Bangkok Remand Prison.
Emerging at 6am in a light blue polo shirt, Somyot smiled and appeared to be in good spirits as a small group of (...)
In the 10 years of the 2008 Internal Security Act, an important legacy of the 2006 coup d’état, Prachatai’s Kritsada Subpawanthanakun talked with political scientist Puangthong Pawakapan who argues that ISOC has changed its status to a permanent agency which continues to build the legitimacy of (...)
Scholars at Risk (SAR) is concerned about recent human rights violations in Thailand that threaten academic freedom and the higher education sector more generally, including the prosecutions of Professors Anusorn Unno and Charnvit Kasetsiri in apparent connection with their peaceful exercise of (...)
Apart from the problem of interpreting the legal meaning of the term ‘defame’ in Article 112, where the current standards of the courts use a very broad interpretation, the scope of the royal persons protected by the law has a similarly problematic interpretation, despite the fact that the law (...)
Thailand saw its first lèse majesté case under King Rama X, only two days after the king’s accession. Experts argue that this case is different from cases that occurred under King Rama IX.
Jatuphat Boonpattaraksa, also known as Pai, was the first individual to be prosecuted for lèse majesté (...)
150 scholars, scientists, writers, and activists from 60 institutions in 19 countries around the world have denounced the punishment against members of Chulalongkorn University’s Student Council who were removed for challenging the university’s tradition.
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The Thai Supreme Court’s dismissal of criminal charges against a former prime minister and his deputy for their role in the deadly crackdown on “Red Shirt” protesters in May 2010 is a serious setback for justice in Thailand, Human Rights Watch said today. International human rights law makes clear (...)
The following open letter has been issued and signed by scholars, academics, and civil society members from across the world in support of the five academics and researchers who have been summoned by the military following the International Conference of Thai Studies (ICTS13), and to object to (...)
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