By Human Rights Watch |
<p>Thailand’s military junta should drop sedition and other criminal charges against eight people for mocking the prime minister on Facebook, Human Rights Watch said today. The Facebook page shows memes and doctored photos, with satirical quotes, of Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha, who chairs the ruling National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) junta.<br /><br />The charges against the Facebook users are part of the junta’s systematic repression of peaceful dissent and criticism since the military coup in May 2014, Human Rights Watch said.<br /></p>
By Kornkritch Somjittranukit |
<div>Thai human rights are in free fall; the ruling junta perceives human rights as a threat to national security. NCPO Order No. 13/2016 is the junta’s attempt to establish a full military regime, says Sunai Phasuk, advisor to Human Rights Watch Thailand. </div>
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By Human Rights Watch |
<div><strong>Thailand: Ex-Minister Detained for Rejecting Draft Charter</strong></div>
<div><strong>End Military Repression Before August 7 Referendum on Constitution</strong></div>
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<div>(New York, April 20, 2016) – Thailand’s ruling junta should immediately release a former government minister in military custody for publicly opposing the draft constitution, Human Rights Watch said today.
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By Human Rights Watch |
<p>The new <a href="https://www.hrw.org/asia/burma" target="_blank" />
Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link">Burmese</a> government, led by the National League for Democracy (NLD), has taken a major step in releasing approximately 200 political prisoners and detainees, Human Rights Watch said today. It has also pledged to release remaining political prisoners or have their politically motivated charges dropped by the end of April 2016.<br /></p>
By Human Rights Watch |
<div>(New York) – Sedition charges for a Facebook photo expressing symbolic support for Thailand’s political opposition shows the military junta’s utter disregard for peaceful dissent, Human Rights Watch said today.
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By Human Rights Watch |
<p><a href="http://hrw.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d8-32%3d9-%3eLCE593719%26SDG%3c90%3a.&RE=MC&RI=4432086&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=95605&Action=Follow+Link">Thai</a> authorities should immediately disclose the whereabouts of an outspoken critic of the government who has not been heard from since his arrest on March 9, 2016, Human Rights Watch said today.</p>
By Human Rights Watch |
<p>Separatist insurgents took over and damaged a hospital in southern <a href="http://hrw.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d8-32%3d5-%3eLCE593719%26SDG%3c90%3a.&RE=MC&RI=4432086&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=95553&Action=Follow+Link">Thailand</a> on March 13, 2016, in violation of the <a href="http://hrw.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d8-32%3d5-%3eLCE593719%26SDG%3c90%3a.&RE=MC&RI=4432086&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=95552&Action=Follow+Link">laws of war</a>, Human Rights Watch said today.</p>
By Human Rights Watch |
<p>The <a href="http://hrw.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d8-31A5-%3eLCE593719%26SDG%3c90%3a.&RE=MC&RI=4432086&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=95445&Action=Follow+Link">Thai</a> government should reopen the investigation of the enforced disappearance and presumed murder of a prominent Muslim human rights lawyer, Human Rights Watch said today.</p>
By Human Rights Watch |
<p><a href="http://hrw.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d8-30%3d0-%3eLCE593719%26SDG%3c90%3a.&RE=MC&RI=4432086&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=95051&Action=Follow+Link">Thailand</a>’s government should stop bringing trumped-up criminal charges against human rights lawyers to harass and retaliate against them, Human Rights Watch said today. Thailand’s friends, including the United States, should publicly call on the military junta to stop persecuting its critics.<br /></p>
By Human Rights Watch |
<p>Thai authorities should urgently investigate the violent attacks and forced evictions against indigenous Chao Lay, known as sea gypsies, in Phuket province and bring those responsible to justice, Human Rights Watch said today. The Thai government is obligated under international law to protect the rights of all people within the country.<br /></p>
By Human Rights Watch |
<p> <a href="http://hrw.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d8%2c%3c1A1-%3eLCE593719%26SDG%3c90%3a.&RE=MC&RI=4432086&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=92817&Action=Follow+Link">Thailand’s</a> military junta tightened its grip on power and severely repressed fundamental rights in the past year, Human Rights Watch said today in its <a href="http://hrw.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d8%2c%3c1A1-%3eLCE593719%26SDG%3c90%3a.&RE=MC&RI=4432086&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=92816&Action=Follow+Link">World Report 2016</a>.</p>
By Human Rights Watch |
<p>The Thai government should urgently investigate the abduction and alleged beating and mistreatment of prominent student activist Sirawith Seritiwat by army soldiers, Human Rights Watch said today. The arrest, which Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha said was for violating the ban on public assembly and political activity, is itself unjustified under the right of all persons to peacefully assemble and protest.<br /></p>