Amnesty reaffirms its position and expresses concern about “the draft amendment to the Computer Act” hoping that it is in accordance with the human rights standards and international law, as well as watching the commission amend Section 14(1).
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8 August 2016
Amnesty sent the sealed letter to the Prime Minister of Thailand expressing the concern about human rights prior to the referendum to be held on 7th August, as well as publishing the report on restriction of freedom since the coup in 2014.
The Thai authorities must immediately drop the criminal investigation against three of the country’s most prominent human rights activists, including the chair of Amnesty International Thailand, who could be charged today for documenting and publishing a report about torture by Thai security forces, the organization warned.
Every time violence breaks out such as assaulting a disabled man to death, raping, etc., it always accelerate the social trend to impose the death penalty on offenders always, as it is believed that they deserve the capital punishment and that if the capital punishment is effective, such offenses will not be committed. However, due to the international research, it clearly shows that the death penalty has no connection with the increase or decrease of the crime.
The conversation topic ‘Refugees’ Life in the City’ started after the end credit of the movie ‘The Good Lie’ ended. The discussion was held the Coalition for the Rights of Refugees and Stateless Persons (CRSP), Asylum Access Thailand and Amnesty International Thailand along with Thapanee Aiadsrichai, the Media for Human Rights Award winning correspondent, as the moderator. The discussion was joined by two speakers; the first speaker is Adisorn Kerdmongkol from Asylum Access Thailand who is a specialist in the rights of migrant workers of Migrant Working Group, and the second speaker is Suthep Kritsanavarin, a documentary photographer and a writer about the Rohingya
Thai Netizens Network and Amnesty gathered in front of the parliament laying old laptops claiming for online freedom and privacy. They were ready to submit forty thousand names to stop #SingleGateway and the laws eliciting online personal information.
affirmed Professor Emeritus Vitit Muntarbhorn, the Independent Expert on the Protection against Violence and Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) who spoke at “Torture Bill, Still No Justice”. The event to mark June the 26th as the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture was organized by Amnesty International Thailand, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) and the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and the Canadian Embassy.
23 June 2016
The Thai authorities must reverse their decision to charge three prominent human rights defenders with criminal defamation and computer crimes for documenting and publishing details of human rights violations in the country, Amnesty International said today.
The pictures of three male students with partially shaved head were posted on the teacher’s facebook page, with a caption that reads ‘For those who want to challenge me, here is what they get.’ The photos went viral on social media and drew heavy criticism. The story was picked up by the mainstream media and was broadcasted more widely. In the end, the male teacher apologized and claimed that he did not know any better.