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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.

Israeli forces have displayed a shocking disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians by carrying out a number of airstrikes targeting residential buildings in some cases killing entire families – including children – and causing wanton destruction to civilian property, in attacks that may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, said Amnesty International today. 

The May 18 Memorial Foundation has organized a ceremony to confer the 2021 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights to Mr. Anon Nampha on 18 May and has invited him to join them via zoom.  But since Mr. Anon is still receiving treatment for Covid-19 he caught while incarcerated in prison and is now hospitalized at Thammasat Hospital and since the court has denied him bail, he is unable to participate in this ceremony.  

Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza must not repeat violations of international humanitarian law that led to killing and maiming of civilians and destruction of homes and infrastructure in previous rounds of fighting, said Amnesty International today.  

The Israeli security forces have used repeated, unwarranted and excessive force against Palestinian protesters in occupied East Jerusalem Amnesty International said today as it called on United Nations Security Council members to convene an open session. 

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

Pursuance to reports about the visits to Parit Chiwarak and Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul and that Parit has been on a hunger strike to demand the right to temporary release or the right to bail since 15 March 2021, and his health has become so frail as he has sustained pail skin, as well as pooped blood, Piyanut Kotsan, Director of Amnesty International Thailand, has this to say; 

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: