Amnesty praised the Thai authority after ISOC revealed it would withdraw the petition of defamation filed against three human rights defenders who made the report concerning the torture in the Southern Border Provinces.
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.
Amnesty urged the Thai authority not to prosecute and dismiss the charge against the human rights defenders who made the report concerning the torture by the government officials in the south. Those three defenders are going to report themselves in Pattani again this 21st February.
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.
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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.
Whistleblower and human rights hero Edward Snowden thanks the more than 1 million supporters who raised their voices for him.
Anti-Huthi forces in Yemen’s southern city of Ta’iz are leading a campaign of harassment and intimidation against hospital staff and are endangering civilians by stationing fighters and military positions near medical facilities, said Amnesty International today.
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