An internationally mandated fact-finding mission to look at human rights violations in Myanmar is welcome, urgently needed and long overdue, Amnesty International said today.

Amnesty International has found that freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in Hong Kong is being threatened after the police submitted the summon warrant to several leaders of the “Umbrella Revolution” in order to claim for democracy in 2014 to report to the police for charges. 

The President of the Philippines is traveling to Thailand during 20-22 March, but many people barely know who he is and why Thai people need to care about him. Today, Amnesty will get you to know “Roa Duterte” and his scandals.

Amnesty International provides this submission to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee (the Committee) in advance of the examination of the second periodic report of Thailand at the 119th session of the Committee scheduled for March 2017. The submission features information in relation to Amnesty International’s research on torture and other ill-treatment as well as restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of United Nations (UNOHCHR) in association with the Thai civil society and civil rights network including Amnesty International broadcast the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Review (ICCPR) live, which Thailand is one of the 169 member countries. Thailand was to be reviewed by the UN Human Rights Commission during 13-14 March 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Champa Patel, Acting Regional Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Amnesty International, revealed, “in the ASEAN region, there are few governments that can be proud of their human rights situation, while in many countries, many women are standing up to show their bravery and face various forms of danger in order to fight against the injustice”. 

Media organizations and media professionals nationwide gathered on World Press Freedom Day this year at Thai Journalists Association joined by ambassadors and representatives from many countries such as the United States, Sweden, Australia, and Finland as observers. 

Amnesty International revealed the report of global human rights situation of years 2016/2017 which gathered activities related to human rights during 2016.

The Kazakhstani authorities are using increasingly elaborate and aggressive methods to stamp out dissenting voices on the internet and social media, Amnesty International said in a briefing published today.

Following the Trump administration’s appointment of Gina Haspel as Deputy Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International, said:“Reports that Gina Haspel directed the alleged CIA ‘black site’ in Thailand, at a time when detainees held there were subjected to torture and enforced disappearance, as well as a possible role in the destruction of evidence of such crimes under international law, raise extremely serious concerns.

Amnesty International Thailand held the 2017 annual general meeting on 1st July in order to present the performance of the previous year, elect the new board of directors  and approve the change of adjustment of membership fees and budget, and update the performance progress of Amnesty Thailand so that the members could acknowledge and determine the future human rights works. This year, the members exercised their rights to elect the board of directors and a treasurer, which were 3 positions in total substituting the vacating directors. The individuals newly elected to be the directors are Khun Apichat Pongsawat and Khun Parit Ratanakul Seriroengrit, with 37 and 22 votes, respectively. The meeting approved Mr. Ekachai Pinkaew as the treasurer of Amnesty Thailand. 

Chelsea Manning’s long overdue scheduled release from a US military prison today finally ends her punishment for exposing classified information, including of possible war crimes committed by the US military, Amnesty International said.