<p>The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to you to request urgent intervention in accordance with your respective mandates in response to the case of Darunee Chanchoengsilapakul, and also with a view to wider concerns about steadily declining freedom of expression and increasing politicization of the judiciary in Thailand.</p>

<p>In a migrant rights victory in Thailand, the parents of a 17 year old&nbsp;unregistered male Burmese work accident victim, Sai Htun, today settled&nbsp;their compensation claim against employers of their son at Region 5 Labour&nbsp;Court in Chiangmai, Northern Thailand. Two years after Sai Htun was killed&nbsp;on a local authority flood defence project, the 250, 000 baht (US$7, 143)&nbsp;settlement provides hope for over 2 million Burmese migrants currently&nbsp;working in dangerous workplaces in Thailand.</p>

<p>Mong Thongdee, a national origami airplane champion, was selected to attend the Origami Airplane contest in Chiba, Japan, from Sept 19-20. However, his hope of to attend the competition to represent Thailand and his fundamental right to travel was denied by Ministry of Interior.</p>

<p>The recent case against Aung San Suu Kyi by the Burmese junta is internationally well known. The case and the verdict were condemned all over the world as one more demonstration of a completely fake trial merely orchestrated to silence Burma&rsquo;s opposition leader. She has already been under house arrest for two decades. Aung San Suu Kyi was charged with violating the rules relating to detention. The court sentenced her to five years of rigorous imprisonment.</p>

<p>Following the 11th session of the Human Rights Council the Government of Thailand objected to the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) over it having characterized the Royal Thai Police as the top violator of human rights in that country. The government representative described remarks that the police in Thailand enjoy impunity for rights abuses as &quot;unsubstantiated&quot;.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Defend Job Philippines together with the Triumph International workers in the Philippines strongly condemn the inhumane actions of the Thai police against our fellow workers of Triumph International in Thailand.</p>

<p>August 30, 2009 was observed as the International Day on Enforced Disappearances. It is the day on which people around the world gather to acknowledge persons who have disappeared. The causes of these disappearances are human rights violations, wars and suppression of so called &lsquo;terrorism&rsquo; taking place in many countries. All these have caused the deaths of many people.</p>

<p>Shan activists are calling on China to immediately halt all investment in dams on the Salween River following the recent heavy fighting between the Burmese military regime and the Kokang ceasefire army near the site of the Upper Salween Dam planned by Chinese companies in northern Shan State.</p>

<p>Police have issued arrest warrants for three Triumph labour union leaders who led members on a protest that blocked roads at Government House and Parliament.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On 28 Aug, the Criminal Court found Daranee Charnchoengsilapakul guilty as charged and sentenced her to 18 years in jail.</p>

<p>9,600 web pages have been blocked. The 2007 Computer Crimes Act will be amended to allow Internet Service Providers to immediately block &lsquo;offensive&rsquo; web pages on sight or upon complaint without court orders or requests from the MICT, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry says.</p>

<p>As country after country abandons its use of judicial state killing, Amnesty International deeply regrets the resumption of executions in Thailand after a six-year hiatus.</p>