<p>With the ongoing political division in Thailand, controversies and boycott campaigns surrounding Sitala and other right-wing celebrities will not go away any time soon.</p>

<div> <div>FIDH and its member organization Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) express their serious concern over the decision by Thailand’s opposition party, the Democrat Party, to boycott the general election scheduled to take place on February 2, 2014.&nbsp;</div> </div> <div> </div>

<div><span>The rehabilitation of the marine eco-system at Koh Samet - partly affected by the recent oil spill by PTT Global Chemical - is still on-going and will take months.</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>But there was never a chance of a boycott of PTT products by a large sector of the Thai population, even though they were appalled by the company's actions and handling of the incident. </div>