Amnesty International announced today the appointment of Dr. Agnès Callamard, a leading international human rights expert, as its new Secretary General, effective immediately.
27 March 2021, the working group on “Child in Mob” has a press conference to officially launch the recruitment of volunteers to work in protesting sites to create a safe space for children under 18 years who have been exercising their right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly since November 2020. All members of the public are invited to participate in this project as volunteers and to donate to promote the protection and enhancement of rights and freedoms of children and youth.
Responding to the recent arrest and charge of 7 children during the REDEM protest on 20 March 2021 where the crown control police deployed astonishing excessive and unreasonable use of force to arrest and harm children, journalists and other protesters, Amnesty International Thailand’s Director Piyanut Kotsan said:
12 March 201 at 10.30am, Angkhana Neelapaijit and the family of Lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit and relatives of victims of enforced disappearance in Thailand as well as 20 activists from Amnesty International Thailand have gathered in front of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on Chaeng Wattana Road, Bangkok, to demand to know progress of his case and to commemorate the 17th anniversary of Lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit’s disappearance. They wore masks mimicking the face of Lawyer Somchai to show that despite 17 years past, they have not forgotten him. As part of the campaign, a caravan of 17 Tuk Tuks was launched and driven all over Bangkok and adjacent area, each attached with a sign featuring detail of the disappeared Lawyer.
The Myanmar military is using increasingly lethal tactics and weapons normally seen on the battlefield against peaceful protesters and bystanders across the country, new research by Amnesty International has revealed.
International Women’s Day should be a time of celebration. It might feel like there’s not much to be positive about right now, especially when we consider the harm the pandemic has caused to women, girls and LGBTI people around the world.
Human Rights Media Awards 2020 Ceremonyby Amnesty International Thailand is a great opportunity to applause the work of media and journalists who bravely vocalize the situation of human rights in Thailand through different channels. Their determinations to broadcast human rights stories are the persistent to stand for freedom of expression and freedom of press. The winners will receive Amnesty Human Rights Media Awards, these art works by Artist mimininiii
At least 17,000 health workers have died from COVID-19 over the last year, said Amnesty International, Public Services International (PSI) and UNI Global Union in a new analysis, as the organizations called for urgent action to speed up the vaccination of millions of frontline health workers around the world.
วันที่ 4 มีนาคม 2564 แอมเนสตี้ อินเตอร์เนชั่นแนล ประเทศไทย ได้จัดงานประกาศผลและพิธีมอบรางวัล “รางวัลสื่อมวลชนเพื่อสิทธิมนุษยชน” ประจำปี 2563 ณ ห้องประชุมลูนาร์ ชั้น 10 โรงแรม อวานี ริเวอร์ไซด์ กรุงเทพ (AVANI Riverside Bangkok)
Responding to the reports that 18 people were killed and many more wounded as police and military forces confronted peaceful protesters across Myanmar, Emerlynne Gil, Deputy Regional Director for Research of Amnesty International said:
Human rights defenders and NGOs, including Amnesty International itself, are targeted as authorities around the globe steal from the same playbook to silence criticism