On 24 April 2020, the ICJ, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) and the Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) made a joint supplementary submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on Thailand’s implementation of its human rights obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). In their submission, the ICJ, TLHR and CrCF […]
In response to the spread of the Covid-19, Thailand’s government has imposed several measures to contain the epidemic and to reduce the number of infected persons. Many of such measures cause grave impacts on the day-to-day life of the people as well. Among the measures imposed under the Emergency Decree, the government issued a regulation […]
On 15 April 2020 – FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights along with 10 humanitarian organizations made an open letter to the Police Colonel Nararat Sesawanant, Director-General of the Department of Corrections, urging for the release of vulnerable detainees as well as those with less serious offenses, in order to mitigate the state of congestion inside […]
Amid the government imposes a state of emergency in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, a public concern of the abuse of emergency measures to suppress freedom of expression and information. The assemblies of pro-democracy protests were slowed down due to the outbreak of COVID, while public space tends to shrink for voicing their opinions […]
By virtue of the Emergency Decree on Public Administration in the State of Emergency B.E. 2548 (2005) (“The Emergency Decree”), the Prime Minister announced the government would declare a state of emergency in all areas in the Kingdom in response to COVID-19 pandemic. The state of emergency is in effect from 26 March to 30 […]
A 42-year-old artist was arrested at his art gallery in Phuket while in self-quarantine for the eighth day after his return from Spain. A charge was filed by the Airports of Thailand PCL against him for putting into a computer system false computer data after he had posted alleging that he encountered no Covid-19 screening […]
A month of the dissolution of the Future Forward Party (FFP) ruled by the Constitutional Court sparked criticisms and discontentment among FFP’s supporters– especially students and the young generation. Reportedly, students in more than 60 universities and schools across the country, using their university and school compounds, staged protests against the Court’s ruling, and the […]
We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, urge the Thai government to investigate, and immediately halt, the alleged state-supported online attacks against human rights defenders, political activists, social critics, and opposition politicians. The censure debate on 25 February 2020 led by MP Wiroj Lakkhana-Adisorn from the disbanded opposition party, Future Forward, has revealed several pieces of […]
24 February 2020 It’s the sixth day since the Twitter user “Niranam_” (meaning “Anonymous”), whose contents publicly criticizing Thai politics and society had been followed by more than a hundred thousand concerned citizens, was detained at Pattaya police station. He was then imprisoned at Pattaya Special Prison afterward, as the court’s denied a request for […]
On 12 January 2020, Thailand witnessed the first nationwide assemblies expressing public opinion since the NCPO era, namely the “Run to Oust the Uncle or Run Against Dictatorship (RAD)” running events held concurrently in 39 provinces. In addition to raising awareness about the benefits of exercise for individuals’ wellbeing, participants saw the run as a […]
On 19 February 2020, the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) was informed by a 20-year-old twitter user with aliases “Niranam_” (@ssj_2475) from Chonburi (who does not want to reveal his real name) that police allegedly searched his residence and arrested him to the Pattaya Police Station without producing arrest warrant. He was later notified […]
The week after the national phenomenon “Run Against Dictatorship” is stirred with a series of human rights violations, along with the SLAPP cases inflicted on organizers of the event from across the country. Apart from the cases derived from the running event, TLHR has gathered information regarding the ongoing cases’ update along with the political […]
