Even though the car mob activities, a form of political expression to demand Prayuth Chan-ocha’s 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 […]
Human rights situation amidst the Covid-19 pandemic While the number of Covid-19 infection cases in September has decreased, the daily cases in Thailand still hovered around 10,000. Yet, the media has reported that Gen Nattaphon Narkphanit, director of the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said that the government was preparing to abolish the Emergency […]
(Bangkok, Paris) A new wave of arrests, detentions, and prosecutions for royal defamation could result in several pro-democracy activists receiving prison sentences ranging between 120 and 300 years, a new report released today by FIDH, Thai Lawyer for Human Rights (TLHR), and Internet Law Reform Dialogue (iLaw) warns. The report, titled “Second wave: The return […]
Human rights situation amidst the Covid-19 pandemic Amidst the renewed wave of Covid-19, the number of daily infection cases has exceeded 20,000 in the first half of August, before decreasing to below 10,000 in the second half. Nevertheless, the death toll of 190 per day is still regarded the highest in 2021. The primary measures […]
The COVID-19 outbreak is a deadly global pandemic that originated from large-scale infectionsin December 2019. The first patient who contracted the virus was found in Wuhan, China.Meanwhile, Thailand reported the first case of COVID-19 infection in January 2020. Nonetheless, in the beginning, Thailand’s infection rate did not increase significantly. Thegovernment decided to use existing legal […]
Thailand’s political temperature is rising in August 2021 as protesters have returned to the street to call for General Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down from his position due to the Prime Minister’s failure to manage the COVID-19 crisis, including the issues of vaccine administration, economic downturn, and intense rollout of new rules for restricting freedom […]
There has been a slew of persons relentlessly being taken to and detained at the Border Patrol Police Region 1 in Pathumthani Province as a result of their participation in political assemblies in Bangkok. According to the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), from 13 October 2020 to 3 August 2021, at least 335 individuals […]
Human rights situation amidst the Covid-19 pandemic The current wave of the Covid-19 pandemic that has begun since April is still ongoing. In this period, infection cases have surged rapidly with the new daily infection cases exceeding 10,000 since 17 July. As a result, hospitals became overwhelmed and could not supply enough beds for patients. […]
Between 18 July 2020, the first Free Youth rally, and 22 July 2021, a total of 34,509,500 baht (approx. 1,049,942 USD)[1] were paid to the court as bail surety for 582 times for 404 individuals in 167 cases.[2] Such high amounts of surety money illustrate the overburdening costs put on those charged from exercising civil […]
The third wave of Covid-19 in Thailand has begun since April and continued until now. The violation of the Emergency Decree is still constantly used by authorities to target political leaders and activists, even though no cluster infection has been linked to any political activities so far. According to the TLHR monitoring of the accusation […]
Back to School: High school students filed lawsuits against Ministry of Education, demanding their rights over bodily integrity as teachers continue the practice of shaving off students’ hair Since Monday 14 June 2021, students across Thailand returned to school upon the start of their first semester after the third wave of the COVID-19 outbreak, which […]
According to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR)’s documentation records, at least 34 people have been charged with “Contempt of Court” for political reasons in 18 cases since the Free Youth Group’s first demonstration on 18 July 2020. Among the total cases, 16 of them are linked to the accused’s involvement in activities calling for […]
