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THAILAND: Court to read verdict on Somchai’s case on the eve of his disappearance seven years ago–observers requested

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is calling for court observers to hear the reading of the verdict on the case of Somchai Neelaphaijit tomorrow, March 11, 2011, in Bangkok. The...

THAILAND: Thailand needs to move beyond its human rights rhetoric 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Prachatai website, written by Mr. Pokpong Lawansiri. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An art...

THAILAND: U.N. experts challenge government over lese-majesty case against webmaster

(Hong Kong, March 8, 2011) Two United Nations experts have sent “a letter of allegation” concerning the case of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, the webmaster on trial in Bangkok for charges of les...

THAILAND/PAKISTAN: Another 24 Ahmadiya Pakistani asylum seekers, including children and pregnant women, are at risk of deportation

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that another 24 Ahmadiya Pakistani asylum seekers, who are applying for an asylum status in Thailand to escape from religious p...

THAILAND: Day Five – Free speech on trial in Thailand, postponed – Police scientist testifies for prosecution 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) which is report of observation on Chiranuch ...

THAILAND: Call for observers in the hearing of missing person case of Pol. Maj. Ngern Thongsuk

Dear friends, Further to our previous appeal, the reading of verdict on the case of Somchai Neelaphaijit was again postponed. The court issued an arrest warrant, as required by the criminal procedure,...

THAILAND: Day Four — Free speech on trial in Thailand — MICT and police lawyers testify 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) which is report of observation on Chiranuch ...

THAILAND: Day Three – Free speech on trial in Thailand – Thai webmaster facing 50 years for lèse majesté postings 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) which is report of observation on Chiranuch ...

THAILAND: Day Two – Free speech on trial in Thailand – Thai webmaster facing 50 years for lèse majesté postings 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) which is report of observation on Chiranuch ...

THAILAND: Refusal to address forced disappearances continues unabated 

The phenomenon of forced disappearance is not well understood outside of the countries in which it takes place. Imagine that police take your spouse or relative without observing any protocol for arre...

CAMBODIA: Thailand and Cambodia must put people before politics 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —&...

THAILAND: First hearing of alleged NorPorChorUSA administrator 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Prachatai Website. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————...

THAILAND: Day One – Free speech on trial in Thailand – Thai webmaster facing 50 years for lèse majesté postings 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT). Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ...

THAILAND: Rights groups to take case of Myanmar migrant work accident Victim chained to hospital bed to Labour Ministry demanding urgent systems review 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following joint statement from Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC), State Enterprise Workers Relations Confederation (SERC), Council of Work and Environ...

THAILAND: Rights Groups to Request Thai National Police Chief to Unchain Injured Migrant Work Accident Victim from Myanmar Detained Pending Deportation 

A Statement from Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission TO ALL NEWS MEDIA/EDITORS and NETWORKS: FOR URGENT LETTER SUBMISSION AT 230PM to CHIEF ...

THAILAND: Calling to observe for court trial of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, director of Prachatai website, on 4 – 17 February 2011, 9.00am – 4.00pm at the Criminal Court 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the group of activists who set up the trial observation on Chiranuch Premchaiporn, dire...

THAILAND: Threats to family follow continued denial of justice in Somchai Neelaphaijit case

Dear friends, The thwarting of justice continues in the case of disappeared human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit. Having postponed reading of the verdict in the appeal case concerning the convicti...

PAKISTAN/THAILAND: International community must intervene for the release of 85 Ahmadi refugees mistreated in Thailand 

A group of 85 persons have been in detention in Bangkok since December 14, 2010 despite the fact that they are already registered as asylum seekers with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refuge...

THAILAND: No justice for Somchai, not now, nor ever? 

On 21 January 2011 at the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Road in Bangkok, representatives of all parties involved in the criminal proceedings in the case of the 12 March 2004 forcible disappearance ...

THAILAND: Stand united against all kinds of violent insurgencies abetted by any party and disarmament demanded 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following joint public statement from Cross Culture Foundation (CrCF), Foundation of Muslim Attorney Center (MAC), Foundation of Islamic Culture in the Sout...