TLHR

The 88th anniversary of June 24th: A National Day on which commemoration is banned, 21 events organized amidst intimidation and harassment throughout Thailand

02/07/256302/07/2020 Highlight (EN), Situation Report (EN)

The commemoration of June 24th this year is organized amidst one of the tensest situations to mark Thailand’s transition to democracy. On its 88th anniversary, the activities are not only centered in historic places in Bangkok but also other parts of Thailand as people from various regions have organized various forms of action in memory […]

TLHR

02/07/2563

The sorrow of workers does not come singly, but in battalions: Talking with Sripai

27/04/256327/04/2020 Highlight (EN)

Sripai Nonsi, the representative of Rangsit and Area Labor Union group, talks about the impact of Covid-19 outbreak which affects workers. The workers not only are laid off or receive less pay, but they also experience severe consequences that people, especially the government, can’t imagine. Sripai established Rangsit and Area Labor Union group (RALU) in […]

TLHR

27/04/2563

A joint supplementary submission to the UN Human Rights Committee: ICJ, TLHR and CrCF

24/04/2563 Highlight (EN), Statement/Legal Opinion

On 24 April 2020, the ICJ, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) and the Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) made a joint supplementary submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on Thailand’s implementation of its human rights obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). In their submission, the ICJ, TLHR and CrCF […]

TLHR

24/04/2563

Chiang Mai’s rough-sleeping homeless arrested for violating curfew ban

22/04/2563 Highlight (EN), News (EN)

In response to the spread of the Covid-19, Thailand’s government has imposed several measures to contain the epidemic and to reduce the number of infected persons. Many of such measures cause grave impacts on the day-to-day life of the people as well. Among the measures imposed under the Emergency Decree, the government issued a regulation […]

TLHR

22/04/2563

TLHR Overall Situation in March 2020

10/04/256310/04/2020 Highlight (EN), Situation Report (EN)

Amid the government imposes a state of emergency in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, a public concern of the abuse of emergency measures to suppress freedom of expression and information. The assemblies of pro-democracy protests were slowed down due to the outbreak of COVID, while public space tends to shrink for voicing their opinions […]

TLHR

10/04/2563

Summary of “The Legal Opinion on the Declaration of the State of Emergency in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic”

30/03/256305/08/2021 Articles (EN), Highlight (EN), Situation Report (EN)

By virtue of the Emergency Decree on Public Administration in the State of Emergency B.E. 2548 (2005) (“The Emergency Decree”), the Prime Minister announced the government would declare a state of emergency in all areas in the Kingdom in response to COVID-19 pandemic. The state of emergency is in effect from 26 March to 30 […]

TLHR

30/03/2563

Artist arrested for posting “Suvarnabhumi Airport has no screening for Covid-19” while in 14-day self-quarantine after his return from Spain

24/03/256324/03/2020 Highlight (EN), News (EN)

A 42-year-old artist was arrested at his art gallery in Phuket while in self-quarantine for the eighth day after his return from Spain. A charge was filed by the Airports of Thailand PCL against him for putting into a computer system false computer data after he had posted alleging that he encountered no Covid-19 screening […]

TLHR

24/03/2563

Thailand’s 12 most egregious human rights violations in 2019, in absentia of NCPO

28/12/256202/01/2020 Highlight (EN), Situation Report (EN)

2019 marks a year of change, but not transcendence in Thailand. The National Council for Peace (NCPO) is now defunct, after more than five years and one month since the military coup. The general election was followed by the return of the same old Prime Minister, the same face and the same name, plus the […]

TLHR

28/12/2562

Officers from unidentified agency holding TU student in custody, threatening her to divulge information after her retweeting a post concerning the monarchy

12/11/256212/11/2019 News (EN)

On 2 November 2019, Twitter user @99CEREAL posted a tweet detailing how she was held in custody and taken from her University to Klong Luang Police Station, Pathumthani, after she retweeted a Twitter post. The public officials neither produced an arrest warrant nor identified their agency. After being forcibly interrogated for over an hour, the […]

TLHR

12/11/2562

Public Seminar “Seize, Trample, Repeat, Change” The Launch of Recommendation Proposal to Uproot the Remains of the Coup

22/10/256206/11/2019 Highlight (EN), News (EN)

16 July 2019 was marked as the beginning of the first cabinet given full authority by the 2017 Constitution. As a result, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) was automatically withdrawn from the administrative position, giving an end to Article 44 of the Interim Constitution of 2014. However, the consequences of the coup […]

TLHR

22/10/2562

A year of legal actions against the ‘Organization For a Thai Federation: At least 20 charged in eleven cases

15/10/256215/10/2019 Highlight (EN), Situation Report (EN)

This September marks the first anniversary of the reports on the crackdown of individuals allegedly involved with the “Organization For a Thai Federation.” Arrests of those wearing black T-shirts with red and white stripes initially had people wondering about the cryptic meaning of the symbol. Members of the public and even avid political followers had […]

TLHR

15/10/2562

At least 25 still confined in prison under Thailand’s lèse-majesté law

30/08/256205/08/2021 Articles (EN), Situation Report (EN)

The Royal Pardon Decree 2019 issued to mark the King’s Coronation in May has led to the pardon or reduction of prison terms of certain convicted prisoners, including those convicted on politically motivated charges such as the five core members of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) who had been imprisoned for unlawful occupation of […]

TLHR

30/08/2562

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