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.
The Myanmar military authorities should immediately drop charges against journalists, said Amnesty International today. This includes those in pre-trial detention, on bail, or those with warrants outstanding on them solely for carrying out their work and the peaceful exercise of their human rights.
Responding to news of the arrest of five individuals from Myanmar, including three journalists from the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) news outlet, by the Thai authorities in Chiang Mai on 9 May, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns, Ming Yu Hah, said:
Amnesty International Thailand conducts policy campaign and raises the awareness on human rights with the Thai government, civil society organizations and general public who are interested in civil rights and political rights as well as the economic, social and cultural rights. Our activities include public discussions and lecture-based education, among other, to promote human rights principles in a long run.
In response to the announcement by the US government of its support for waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard said:
Amnesty International joins call for #NotOneBulletMore with over 200 organizations
Responding to the UN Human Rights Council’s adoption, today, of a resolution calling for equitable, affordable, timely and universal access to COVID-19 vaccines, Amnesty International’s Health Advisor, Tamaryn Nelson, said:
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