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THAILAND: AHRC to attend court reading of appeal verdict in disappeared lawyer’s case

(Hong Kong, January 18, 2011) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) will send international and domestic observers to attend the reading of the verdict on January 21 in the appeal case concerning t...

THAILAND: Chinese dissident journalist detained in Bangkok despite UNHCR protection 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Reporters Without Borders. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——&#...

THAILAND: NACC’s and DSI’s delay, failure and their favor given to officials allegedly involved with torture giving rise to the enforced disappearance of Lawyer Somchai 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Cross Culture Foundation (CrCF) in Thailand. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- Seven years ...

ASIA: The international convention for the protection of all persons from enforces disappearance enters into force 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from UCANEWS. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong   ————- A Statement from UCANEWS forwarded by the Asi...

THAILAND: Thai government must ratify the Convention for Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance of the United Nations in effect today 

Dear friends,   We wish to share with you the following statement from UCANEWS.   Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong   ————- A Statement from UCANEWS forwar...

THAILAND: Officials detain babies, children and pregnant women among asylum seekers

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has obtained information that immigration authorities have taken into custody at least 85 persons from Pakistan who are seeking asylum. The group includ...

THAILAND: Killing shall not bring to a halt killing and crime in society 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following statement released by Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA), Union of Civil Liberties (UCL), Campaign Co...

THAILAND: Thai government should revoke policies that discriminate against and violate the rights of migrant workers – ASEAN states should join migrant convention 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following statement released by the State Enterprises Workers’ Relations Confederation (SERC), the Human Rights an...

THAILAND: The disappearance of a person and the disappearance of a criminal case 

Over six-and-a-half years after police abducted and presumably killed human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit, no one has yet been punished. The one police officer among five accused who was found gu...

THAILAND: Anti-human rights forces dig in, regional group warns

(Hong Kong, December 9, 2010) Anti-human rights forces and their allies have re-emerged to take control of key national institutions in Thailand and are digging in to fight for political control of th...

THAILAND: Thai Netizen Network calls for amendment to Article 15 of Computer-Related Crimes Act 2007 

Dear Friends,   The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward the following statement from the Thai Netizen Network requesting representatives to consider urgent amendment to Article...

THAILAND: Briefing note on a torture case raised by Mr Somchai Neelaphaijit before his disappearance: new attempts by police to threaten witnesses 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Justice for Peace Foundation, Thailand, concerning a criminal case that police have brought against a victim of alleged torture...

THAILAND: Rights groups call on UN Secretary General for urgent investigation into abuses against Myanmar migrants deported from Thailand 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from The State Enterprise Workers Relations Confederation (SERC), the Thai Labour Solidarity...

BURMA/THAILAND: Gunmen allegedly fired upon Burmese factory workers holding a peaceful protest

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Burmese migrant workers in the city of Khon Kaen in north east Thailand, holding a peaceful protest against their...

THAILAND: The government must protect the rights and safety of villagers in Map Ta Phut 

Map Ta Phut in Rayong district is a long-standing major industrial and manufacturing area along the eastern seaboard of Thailand. In June 2009, Map Ta Phut villagers and the Stop Global Warming Associ...

THAILAND: Grave and expanding threat to freedom of expression and human rights in Thailand

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that Ms. Chiranuch Premchaiporn, director of Prachatai online newspaper, was detained by the immigration police at Suvarnabhumi Airpo...

THAILAND: Brutal crime against the innocent in Bacho, Narathivath condemned — The state must come up with measures to solve disputes among communities 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following statement release from the Cross Culture Foundation (CrCF) regarding the incident of the brutal killing of...

THAILAND: Call for observers to read the Appeal Court verdict in the Somchai Neelapaijit disappearance case 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Justice for Peace Foundation (JPF). The press release is for observers at the readi...