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Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators flocked to downtown Bangkok on Sunday, defying Covid-19 curbs against mass gatherings and a plea by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to refrain from street protests as Thailand prepares to welcome back more tourists.

BANGKOK (AP) — Pro-democracy activists in Thailand on Sunday announced a campaign to...

Photo: © Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY THA 003 / 1021 / OBS 103 Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment…

Prachatai reports, via Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), that student activist "Patsaravalee Tanakitvibulpon has been indicted on a royal defamation charge [Prachatai means lese majeste] related to a speech she gave at a protest on 24 March 2021, in which she said that the monarchy must reform itself in order to survive." TLHR says…

The following is an appeal by Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture: THA 002 / 0821 / OBS 083Arbitrary detention /Judicial harassmentThailandAugust 12, 2021 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture…

The Thai government’s failure to control COVID-19 has stirred anger among both Red and Yellow Shirt activists, says a researcher.

(Bangkok, Paris, Phnom Penh) On the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Thai activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit, (...)

ACLED Regional Overview – Southeast Asia (17 - 23 April 2021) Format Last week in Southeast Asia, anti-coup demonstrations continued in Myanmar, as demonstrators expressed their support for the newly-formed National Unity Government (NUG) composed of lawmakers elected in the November 2020 elections. Demonstrators also demanded the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) invite NUG representatives to the ASEAN leaders’ meeting convened on 24 April. Meanwhile, the Myanmar military laun...

March 16, 2021 11:33:08 am A mass trial against 22 Thai pro-democracy activists charged under the sedition act and other provisions, including the country’s lèse-majesté (royal insult) laws, began Monday. The demonstrators have been charged for their speeches and actions at one of the youth movement’s many mass pro-democracy protests against the country’s monarchy and military establishment. The kingdom’s lèse-majesté law under Section 112 of the Thai Criminal Code proscribes acts o...

Advertisement On Monday, the Bangkok Criminal Court in Thailand’s capital sent three prominent democracy activists to pretrial detention on charges of insulting the monarchy, consigning them to potentially years in prison before their cases come to trial. According to the rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW), Thailand’s attorney general charged Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul, Jatupat “Pai” Boonpattararaksa, and Panupong “Mike” Jadnok with lese majeste for making speeches d...