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.
The vast majority of people (80%) would welcome refugees with open arms, with many even prepared to take them into their own homes, according to a global survey commissioned by Amnesty International.
Council of Ministers of Thailand has ratified the “Convention on Enforced Disappearance” and passed the resolution to approve the “Draft of Act on Torture and Enforced Disappearance” and submitted it to the NLA for consideration. The next step is to see how relevant the contents in such bill are to the international standards.
As Thailand marks two years since the military took over, Amnesty International is concerned to note persistent human rights violations, in particular arbitrary and increasing restrictions on peaceful dissent. We are also concerned that there have been no signs that authorities plan to lift restrictions on the peaceful exercise of freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, which authorities originally promised as temporary when they took power in a military coup.
Many Thai and foreign media representatives have agreed that the freedom of media in Thailand has been reduced over the past 2 years. They also stated that while citizen journalists have played a more important role in the discussion event by NBTC, Amnesty and Thai Broadcast Journalists Association.
15 May 2016
The submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Thailand taking place in May 2016. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made in the previous cycle of the UPR.
Following the shooting on 8 April 2016 of Thai land rights activist Supoj Kansong by unknown assailants in Surat Thani, Amnesty International calls on authorities to promptly, thoroughly and transparently investigate the incident and increase measures to protect him and other members of the Khlong Sai Pattana community, who are believed to be at continuing risk of human rights abuses.