30 political detainees got their bail refused, many of whom are covid positive. 3 are on hunger strikes, and 4 are protesting the court for the injustice they received…Since March 2022, there are at least 30 political detainees whose bail applications were denied by the court..ðī 5 are charged with Section 112 (lÃĻse-majestÃĐ) including:ðī 1. #Methin has […]
This letter from Bung was included in the update from the lawyerâs notes from Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, who online visited her on 11 July 2022 at the Central Womenâs Correctional Institution in Bangkok. Letter from Bung: Today I have an account to share with people outside. On the morning of Saturday, 9 July […]
On the 90th anniversary of the transformation from absolute to constitutional monarchy on 24 June 1932, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights shared a letter written by Bung and Bai Por. They are both being detained in the Central Womenâs Correctional Institution in Bangkok without bail after being accused of lese majeste/violation of Article 112 after […]
On 6 June 2022, Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) organized the seminar âThailand the Land of Surveillance: From Enforced Disappearances to EM, Digital, and Biometric Surveillanceâ at the Foreign Correspondentsâ Club of Thailand (FCCT). The seminar uncovered the patterns and practices of the Thai state as they are used against activists, to illustrate the various intimidation […]
Since the May 2014 coup, at least 18 activists and civilians have chosen âhunger strikeâ as a method of protest to call for justice from the government and the justice system, especially with the purpose to demand the right to bail. In this wave of movement, the âhunger strikeâ tactic first started in 2016 with […]
Nut (alias), 16 years old, is one of the âTalugasâ youth, an independent group of citizens that occupied the âDin Daeng Triangleâ as their protest site between August and September 2021. Later, the boy was arrested by the police at a construction camp in Din Daeng while he was sleeping. The police tried to press him […]
Since March 2018, the Ministry of Justice and Justice Courts have introduced the Electronic Monitoring (EM) device to track individuals in criminal and narcotics-related cases in lieu of a large security bail deposit. The aim was to improve the access to bail among economically-disadvantaged population in court proceedings. In that year, seven TLHR clients in […]
During 2020 to 2021, children whose age below 18 years old participated in many rallies to call for rights, freedom, and democracy within Thai society. In response, the Thai government obstructed childrenâs freedom of expression and assembly by various means, for instance intimidating in their private space and during an assembly by the authorities, obstructing […]
Throughout nearly the past two years, Thailand has been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic -19 currently in its fifth wave which was made possible by the new variant that can even break through fully vaccinated persons. Amidst the outbreak whose end is not in sight, the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) would like to […]
Even though the car mob activities, a form of political expression to demand Prayuth Chan-ochaâs resignation, have reduced in force this month, they have become an important alternative to political protest amidst the Covid-19 pandemic in the past three and a half months totaling more than a hundred events all over the country. Nevertheless, the […]
On 11 October 2021 at the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court, 9:00 am, the court had an appointment to examine the evidence in the case of the #Mob26Oct rallies in front of the German embassy on 26 October 2020. At courtroom 503, after the lawyer waited for 4 hours, the judge gave the reason for being […]
The Thai Lawyers for Human Rights has observed that authorities have employed 7 different kinds of weapons to disperse protests throughout August and September, as follows. 1. Water Cannon, or commonly called Jino, is a high-pressure water canon vehicle used to control public assemblies. It was employed for the first time in a protest in […]
