Thai berry pickers in Sweden and Finland have gathered in front of embassies, international organisations, and Thai government agencies to submit a petition, calling on relevant authorities to address human trafficking cases.

The Department of Special Investigation has reached an agreement to prosecute former ministers and senior executives of the Ministry of Labour for accepting bribes after they were found to be involved in sending Thai workers to be victims of human trafficking in Finland.

Pinnapa Pruksapan, widow of murdered indigenous rights activist Porlajee Rakchongcharoen, has requested that the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) continue to protect her and her family, after the DSI said that they are not important witnesses in Porlajee’s murder trial and will no longer keep them under its protection.

<p>The mother and sister of Siam Theerawut, who disappeared after fleeing to Vietnam, and the sister of Wanchalearm Satsaksit, who was reportedly abducted while living in Phnom Penh, have been told by the authorities that the status of investigations is a &lsquo;work in progress&rsquo;.</p>

<p>The Supreme Court has acquitted Abhisit and Suthep of murder charges for authorising the violent military crackdown on anti-establishment red-shirt protesters in April and May 2010. Meanwhile, a former government investigator who dared to accuse the two of murder is now facing lawsuits. &nbsp;</p> <p>On 31 August 2017, the Supreme Court confirmed a previous ruling by the Court of Appeal and dismissed murder charges against former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, and Suthep Thaugsuban, his former deputy.</p>

<p dir="ltr">The Supreme Court has accepted a lawsuit against a former government investigator who dared to accuse Abhisit and Suthep of murder for ordering the bloody military crackdown on anti-establishment red-shirt protesters in 2010.</p>

<p>Soldiers and security officers have detained a member of an anti-establishment red shirt group at a market close to the Dhammakaya temple and told him not to enter the area again or risk imprisonment. &nbsp;</p> <p>On 5 March 2017, officers of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and soldiers apprehended Anurak Jentawanit, a leader of a red shirt group called ‘Ford Red Path’ at Klang Khlong Luang market in Pathum Thani Province.</p> <p>The market is close to the Dhammakaya temple and is currently used by Dhammakaya monks and disciples as a gathering point.</p>

<p>Almost three years after the disappearance of a well-known Karen activist, Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation has refused to accept the case.</p>

<div>After a 12-year fight for justice, the authorities have closed their investigation into the disappearance of a human rights lawyer with no one being prosecuted.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On 12 October 2016, Angkhana Neelapaijit, a Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154864956978268&amp;set=a.10151408427793268.551438.740933267&amp;type=3&amp;theater">posted</a>&nbsp;on her Facebook account that she had received a letter from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI).&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div p> </div>

<div> <div>A post-mortem examination has revealed that a suspect in a land corruption case, previously reported as committing suicide in custody, was actually killed by internal bleeding and suffocation.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On Tuesday, 30 August 2016, Thawatchai Anukul, a 66-year-old retired official of the Department of Lands, was <a href="http://www.matichon.co.th/news/267603">reported</a> to have hanged himself while detained at the Department of Special Investigation (DSI). </div></div>

<div>A group of civil society in Thailand’s restive Deep South has issued a joint statement demanding a release of Muslim female author.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <h2>Demanding transparent investigation, respect of human rights and immediate release: The arrest of women author and husband in the Southern Border Province</h2> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On 15 August 2016, the Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) was informed that on 14 August, Ms. </div></div>

<p>The Supreme Court has dismissed charges against a Malay Muslim accused by the National Police Chief for reporting torture at the hands of investigating officers. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>