<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On 10 October 2014, the independent online media outlet Prachatai reported on three instances of torture of persons held in military and police custody which have taken place since the 22 May 2014 coup by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) in Thailand (Read the entire report by Prachatai in English <a href="http://prachatai.org/english/node/4395">here</a> and in Thai <a href="http://prachatai.org/journal/2014/10/55937">here</a>). </div>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Five suspects, accused of being the ‘Men in Black’, recanted their confessions, and said their confessions were made under duress due to alleged torture and ill-treatment during military detention, according to their lawyer. </div>

<div>The accounts of torture include electric shocks to the genitals, suffocation, continuous beatings all night, and detention in a hole in the ground, while the hole was being filled.&nbsp;</div> <div> </div>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>A Thai man said he was beaten up by police after he turned down a police offer of reward money if he agreed to be a witness in the murder case of two British tourists in Thailand’s tourist island of Koh Tao, southern Surat Thani Province, according to <a href="http://www.manager.co.th/South/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9570000112441">ASTV-Manager online.</a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div>The report says Pornprasit Sukdam, 37, on Tuesday complained to Kobchai Saowalak, kamnan (subdistrict head) of Koh Tao Subdistrict, and asked for protection.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Po </div></div>

<div>Hundreds of arbitrary detentions, reports of torture and other ill-treatment, sweeping restrictions on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and unfair trials in military courts are creating a climate of fear in Thailand, and there are no signs of a let-up, Amnesty International said today in a new report.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The report, Attitude adjustment –100 days under Martial Law, is the first comprehensive investigation into Thailand’s human rights situation since the military imposed Martial Law on 20 May 2014 and seized power two days later.</div> <div>&nbsp; </div>

<div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>During the hundred days since the military coup in May, 571 people have been summoned by the junta. Of this number, 14 were tortured and ill-treated during military detention, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reported on Monday.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>According to the report, 14 people were allegedly tortured physically and psychologically by the army. Ex-detainees reported that they were beaten and electrocuted. </div></div>

<div> <div>Contrary to what the junta has tried to claim, that all detainees have been very well treated while in custody, a student activist said he was threatened with enforced disappearance and being killed. The story also shows how the media saved him from detention.</div> <div> </div></div>

<div>9 August 2014</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span>In two video clips released to the public on 2 and 3 August 2014, Kritsuda Khunasaen, who was arbitrarily detained by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), detailed her experience while in detention. She described a range of forms of both mental and physical torture. </span></div>

<div><strong>Thailand: Investigate Alleged Torture of Activist</strong></div> <div> <div><strong>Junta Dismissive of Kritsuda Khunasen’s Allegations</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>AUGUST 5, 2014</div> </div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Thai authorities should immediately and impartially investigate the alleged torture of an opposition activist in military custody, Human Rights Watch said today. </div>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div>Kritsuda Khunasen, the red-shirt activist who was illegally detained by the junta, said in her latest video clip that the military gave her paracetamol and anti-inflammatory drugs to remove the traces of torture. </div></div>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Contrary to what the junta has tried to claim, that all detainees were treated very well while in their custody, other than being deprived of their freedom, the first account of degrading treatment of anti-coup protesters by the military has been revealed.</div> <div> </div>