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

Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu were picking up a catnip plant pot for their cat, Little Stinker, when their romance was abruptly ended. Waiting at the pick-up point were the police who had been tracking them for the entire three years of their relationship.

On 9 February 2020, the public prosecutors indicted and rejected bail of the four prominent democracy activists including Parit Chiwarak, Anon Nampha, Somyot Pruksakasemsuk and Patiwat Saraiyaem for violating the Penal Code’s Section 112 on lèse majesté charges and others from “The #19 September Reclaiming People’s Power” gathering during 19-20 September 2020, and Parit was also indicted for violating Section 112 in a separate case stemming from the “Mob Fest” rally at the Democracy Monument on 14 November 2020.  

Responding to credible reports of a widespread mobile internet blackout underway in Myanmar, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns, Ming Yu Hah, said: 

Responding to reports that several people were injured as security forces violently dispersed peaceful protests today in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Research, Emerlynne Gil, said:

“A Well-Being Workbook for Youth Activists” was drafted together with youth activists and informed by realities faced by Amnesty International youth activists across the globe. We hope this workbook will support youth activists in their journey to strengthen their self-care and make us all recognize the need to look after each other as we stand up for human rights.

The Special Prosecutor on Juvenile and Family Affairs have today indicted three children including Lapanaphat “Min” Wangphaisit, 18, and Benjamaporn “Ploy” Niwas, 16, from ‘Bad Students’ and Khanaphot “Phum” Yaemsanguansiri, 16, from ‘Free Students’, for the violation of the Emergency Decree 2015 which carries an imprisonment of up to two years or a fine of up to 40,000 baht, or both as a result of their participating in a demonstrations at the Ratchaprasong intersection on 15 October 2020. Regarding this prosecution against youth, Piyanut Kotsan, Director of Amnesty International Thailand, has this to say;  

Responding to the arrest of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and others amid reports that a military coup is underway in Myanmar, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns, Ming Yu Hah, said: