As Thailand battles its deadliest outbreak of Covid-19 since the pandemic began, Amnesty International calls on the Thai authorities to develop and implement an inclusive vaccine roll-out plan that prioritizes at-risk and marginalized individuals, with specific consideration given to groups that have faced historic discrimination, such as prisoners, refugees and undocumented migrant workers. 

As Thai authorities imposed strict virus prevention measures in Bangkok and nine provinces from Monday, Amnesty International calls on authorities to use these restrictions solely to address worsening rates of Covid-19 infection and not to arbitrarily or disproportionately penalise individuals for peacefully exercising their rights. 

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Thai authorities have repeatedly deployed reckless and violent tactics to quell the country’s burgeoning youth protest movement including beating demonstrators, firing chemicals from water cannons and shooting rubber bullets at close range, new research from Amnesty International reveals today.

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Responding to the closure of Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily following the freezing of its assets by national security police and the arrest of managers and staff on charges of “endangering national security”, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Regional Director Yamini Mishra said:

June 20 is World Refugee Day. On this day, Amnesty International Thailand stands in solidarity with those who have fled their homes seeking safety, and urges the Thai government to protect the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. 

As a fairly new student organization in our considerably new Secondary School (only 5 years young), and the first club at that, we are navigating in uncharted waters and our members and officers couldn’t be more proud being a part of this student organization. This club has opened a lot of doors toward learning, opportunities, and networks for us. Over the past year and a half, our club has done its utmost to facilitate as many activities as we possibly could whilst operating under the limitations brought by the pandemic and in between academic responsibilities. 

Amnesty International Thailand has submitted an open letter to the Ministry of Justice demanding prompt actions to prosecute and to revise the law in compliance with international standards to end torture and enforced disappearances. The Thai authorities are also urged to launch a formal investigation into the enforced disappearance of Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a Thai activist who was last seen in Cambodia’s Phnom Penh since there has been no progress in the Cambodian investigation. An activity will be held to mark the anniversary “One Year, We shall not forget #OneYearJusticeBeRestoredForWanchalearm “.  

The Cambodian authorities have failed in their legal obligation to properly investigate the enforced disappearance of Thai dissident Wanchalearm Satsaksit, said Amnesty International today, one year after he was last seen in Phnom Penh. 

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Since the first wave of Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Thailand has still been ruled under the State of Emergency across the country. Powers have been centralized and executed arbitrarily to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection. Some rights and freedoms have been deprived to ensure survival and to prevent the pandemic. Nevertheless, such restrictions have to be made proportionately, necessarily and based on reasonable and acceptable ground. In addition, it must be equally and reasonably imposed for a definite period of time.