The Malaysian authorities arrested defendants of republican charged while awaiting for refugee status from UNHCR in Malaysia

A 58-year woman was arrested by the Malaysian Police and deported back to Thailand on 10th May 2019 while waiting for refugee status from UNHCR in Malaysia. Thai Police then charged her with sedition offense and others for wearing back-shirt labeled with a federal symbol. On 10 May 2019 at approximately 17.45 hrs. Thai lawyer […]

TLHR

13/05/2562

Having car set on fire two times, being beaten up six times, the steep price paid by Ekachai Hongkangwan

Ekachai Hongkangwan is a freelance writer and political activist. His activism has become prominent in the aftermath of the 2014 coup, around 2016. He has been campaigning on different issues: demanding an investigation on the failure to report assets (including 25 luxurious wristwatches) by Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, aka ‘The Rolex General’: searching for a plaque […]

TLHR

03/04/2562

Four international academics detained by Thai Immigration after signing a public statement during the Thai Studies Conference

It has been reported that on 10 February 2019, Andrew Johnson, an Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University, USA, claimed to have been detained by the Thai Immigration officers while departing the country. He was reportedly asked about who he had been talking with while staying in the country and where he had been. He […]

TLHR

25/02/2562

ICJ and TLHR welcome the lifting of the ban on political activities but much more is needed

Bangkok, Thailand — The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) welcome the decision of Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, acting as the Head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), to lift certain restrictions on political activities. The organizations highlight, however, that much more is needed to […]

TLHR

13/12/2561

UN body petitioned over the longest ongoing detention of a lèse-majesté defendant

Bangkok, Paris, 5 November 2018: FIDH and its partner organization Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) today petitioned the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) to seek the release of lèse-majesté defendant Siraphop Kornaroot. Since August 2012, the WGAD has found the detention of seven other individuals detained under Article 112 of […]

TLHR

06/11/2561
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