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THAILAND: Legal actions against Finnwatch researcher are an attack against human rights defenders and freedom of expression

FINNWATCH STATEMENT 1st of April 2013 Legal actions against Finnwatch researcher are an attack against human rights defenders and freedom of expression. Thailand’s authorities must immediately l...

THAILAND: Children’s legal and immigration status under threat from draft ministerial regulation 

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received deeply concerning information from Stateless Watch for Research and Development Institute of Thailand (SWIT) regarding a recent draft ministerial ...

ประเทศไทย: บทเรียนจากการหายตัวไปของ Sombath Somphone และสมชายนีละไพจิตร 

19 มีนาคม 2556 เรื่อง ขอเชิญเข้าร่วมเวทีเสวนา เรียน สื่อมวลชน และผู้ที่สนใจ ...

THAILAND: Lessons Learned from the Disappearance of Sombath Somphone and Somchai Neelapaijit 

Somchai Neelapaijit Memorial Fund, Justice for Peace Foundation, Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliances (TERRA), Amnesty International Thailand will host a panel discussion entitled “Hum...

THAILAND: Nine years without justice for Somchai Neelaphaijit 

On March 12, 2013, the ninth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Somchai Neelaphaijit passed. The Asian Human Rights Commission chooses to note this anniversary with continued sorrow for the ...

THAILAND: Angkhana Neelapaijit urges Prime Minister to not allow the culture of impunity in Thailand regarding Disappearance lawyer Somchai 9 years anniversary 

Her Excellency, the Prime Minister, Ms. Yingluck Shnawatra Dear Madam Prime Minister, My name is Angkhana Neelapaijit, wife of Mr. Somchai Neelapaijit, a human rights lawyer who had given legal aid to...

THAILAND: CrCF and MAC call for participate in Public Seminar: “10th year of Martial Law and the insurgency: Democracy, human rights & conflict transformation in the Deep South” 

For immediate release on 20 February 2013 Press Release Public Seminar: “10th year of Martial Law and the insurgency:Democracy, human rights & conflict transformation in the Deep South”...

ประเทศไทย: ‘จอน อึ๊งภากรณ์’ จำเลยที่ 1 คดี ‘ปีนสภาสนช.’ เตรียมขึ้ 

ศาลอาญานัดสืบพยานจำเลยนัดแรก ในคดีที่นักเคลื่อนไหว 10 คน เป็นจำเลยจากก...

THAILAND: The “NLA Sit-In” Trial of 10 Thai Human Rights Defenders 

Since 21 February 2012, ten prominent Thai NGO/ labour union/ human rights activists have been on trial at the Criminal Court, Rachadapisek Road, Bangkok on serious criminal charges relating to nation...

THAILAND: Rohingya asylum seekers arrested in southern provinces of Thailand

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned for the fate of Rohingya asylum seekers who have been arrested in the past weeks in police sweeps of remote areas in Songkhla’...

THAILAND: CrCF released statement on the conviction of Mr. Somyot Prueksakasemsuk 

Press Statement On the Conviction of Mr. Somyot Prueksakasemsuk The Bangkok Criminal Court read a verdict on the Black Case no. O1952/2554 on 23 January 2013 between the public prosecutors v Mr. Somyo...

THAILAND: Verdict in case of human rights defender is a serious threat to freedom of expression 

On January 23, 2013, the Criminal Court in Bangkok read the verdict in Black Case No. O.2962/2554, in which Somyot Prueksakasemsuk was charged with two violations of Article 112 of the Criminal Code....

THAILAND: Arbitrary detention of a human rights defender and continued removal of constitutional protections 

On December 19, 2012, the Criminal Court in Bangkok was scheduled to deliver the verdict in the case of Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, who has been charged under Article 112 of the Criminal Code.  The readi...

THAILAND: A call for procedural review and stop invoking Martial Law to impose DNA profiling: It infringes on fundamental human rights 

For immediate release on 17 December 2012 On 17 December 2012, human rights organizations submitted a letter of petition concerning the invoking of Martial Law to impose DNA profiling by military offi...

THAILAND: Call for trial observers for Somyot 

Next week, the Criminal Court will resume its schedule on Somyot’s case on 19 December 2012 after it has been delayed for three months without informed explanation. Prior to this, the Constituti...

THAILAND: Police compensated for committing murder in the line of “duty”

The Asian Human Rights Commission is shocked to learn that a regional police commander in Thailand has recently given a substantial financial gift to five police officers convicted of murdering a teen...