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Thailand Thailand: Protect Opposition Rallies From Attack Investigate Violence by Pro-Government Groups Thai authorities should ensure that opposition political rallies are protected from attack by pro-government groups, Human Rights Watch said today. July 26, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Thailand: Stop Forced Returns of Karen Refugees to Burma Civilians Forced Back Into Conflict Zone, More Returns Threatened Thai security forces should immediately stop forcing Karen refugees and asylum seekers to return to Burma from refugee camps in Thailand, Human Rights Watch said today. July 18, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Thailand: End Mistreatment and Deportation of Lao Hmong Authorities Should Account for Missing Refugees Thai authorities should end intimidation and forced deportations of Lao Hmong refugees detained in a camp in Petchabun province, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch expressed concern for the well-being of some 1,300 Lao Hmong who escaped from the Huay Nam Khao camp and did not return following a mass protest two weeks ago. July 11, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Thailand: Beheadings, Burnings in Renewed Terror Campaign Insurgents Must Cease Targeting Civilians in the South Leaders of the separatist insurgency in southern Thailand must end the targeting of civilians in their effort to establish an independent state, Human Rights Watch said today. July 7, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Thailand: Fear of Army Cover-Up in Imam’s Death Commanding Officer Refused to Implicate Abusive Soldiers The Thai Army should instruct its officers to provide crucial evidence to a court conducting an inquest into the torture and killing of Imam Yapa Koseng, Human Rights Watch said today. July 3, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version UN: Harsh Drug Policies Undermine AIDS Prevention and Treatment Respect Rights to Life, Health of Drug Users to Stem Rising HIV Epidemics The United Nations should ensure that policies to control illicit drugs do not impede access to lifesaving HIV services, a group of public health and rights organizations said today in a joint letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other key UN officials. June 23, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Thailand: Migrants’ Deaths Spotlight Exploitation Government Should End Discriminatory Policies and Improve Protection The suffocation deaths on April 10 of 54 Burmese migrants is a somber wake-up call that should prompt Thai authorities to end discriminatory policies and improve protection for migrants, Human Rights Watch said today. April 11, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Thailand: Imam’s Killing Highlights Army Abuse in South Bringing to justice the killers of an imam detained by the military in Thailand’s southern Narathiwat province will be a key test for the Thai authorities, Human Rights Watch said today. Violence is escalating in the south, where the Thai military is fighting a Muslim separatist insurgency that has frequently targeted civilians. March 26, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Thailand’s 'war on drugs' International Harm Reduction Association and Human Rights Watch briefing paper The International Harm Reduction Association and Human Rights Watch call on the international community to ensure that Thailand does not reinstate arbitrary killings in the name of a "war on drugs." March 12, 2008 Background Briefing Printer friendly version Thailand: End Official Cover-Up in Lawyer’s ‘Disappearance’ Four Years On, Continued Impunity Fuels Cycle of Abuse and More ‘Disappearances’ On the fourth anniversary of the enforced disappearance and presumed murder of prominent Muslim human rights lawyer Somchai Neelappaijit, the new Thai government should ensure that the police officers responsible for this crime are finally brought to justice, Human Rights Watch said today. March 11, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version UN: War on Drugs does not Justify Rights Violations New Report Examines Widespread Abuses Due to Drug Control Policies The United Nations must stop the ongoing subversion of human rights in the name of drug control, the International Harm Reduction Association, Human Rights Watch, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme said in a joint report released today as the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) convenes for its annual meeting to debate global drug policy. March 10, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Thailand: Stop Forced Returns to Laos Forced Repatriations of Hmong to Laos Should End The Thai government should stop forcibly returning Hmong asylum seekers to Laos without independent monitoring or refugee screening, Human Rights Watch said today. March 5, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Thailand: Prosecute Anti-Drugs Police Identified in Abuses Authorities Need to Combat Chronic Lack of Oversight, Accountability in Police Work The recent arrest of a police captain and other anti-drug squad officers on allegations of serious crimes and human rights violations gives the new Thai government an opportunity to show that it can hold abusers to account, Human Rights Watch said today. February 7, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version UAE: Meetings Should Address Migrant Workers’ Rights When labor ministers from 22 Asian and Middle Eastern countries meet in Abu Dhabi this week to discuss Asian contract migrant workers, they should address widespread violations of migrant workers’ rights, Human Rights Watch said today. January 18, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Japan: Mekong Meeting Should Not Ignore Rights Abuses Human Rights Watch Sends Letter to Foreign Minister Koumura The Japanese government should publicly urge the foreign ministers of Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam attending the Japan-Mekong Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Tokyo on January 16 to address human rights concerns in these Southeast Asian countries, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura. January 15, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Thailand: Military Interference Undermines Upcoming Elections A Weak Election Commission Endorses Unfair Election Tactics Failure by Thailand’s Electoral Commission to act on evidence of military interference in the upcoming Thai elections undermines prospects for Sunday’s elections to be free and fair, Human Rights Watch said today. December 20, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Letter to Governments in Asia and the Middle East on International Migrants' Day Migrants’ Groups Call for Key Reforms We are writing on December 18, 2007, International Migrants’ Day, to call upon you to implement key reforms to respect and uphold migrants’ rights. On January 21-22, 2008, the United Arab Emirates will host the latest round of the “Colombo Process,” a series of regional consultative processes focused on Asian contract migrant workers. We believe this meeting could provide an important stepping stone to establishing regional minimum standards regarding recruitment, employment, and protection of migrant workers. December 17, 2007 Letter Printer friendly version Asian Migrant Workers Abandoned to Abuse Migrants’ Groups Call for Key Reforms on International Migrants Day Governments in Asia and the Middle East must take stronger action to fight rampant abuse against migrant workers, several migrants’ and human rights groups said in a joint letter on the eve of December 18, International Migrants’ Day. December 17, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Thailand: Break Silence on Rights Ahead of Elections Political Parties Continue to Ignore Abuses In the run-up to Thailand’s general elections, political parties and candidates have failed to make human rights a campaign issue despite the country’s many pressing rights concerns, Human Rights Watch said today. The elections are scheduled for December 23. December 12, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Deadly Denial Barriers to HIV/AIDS Treatment for People Who Use Drugs in Thailand This 57-page report found that routine police harassment and arrest – as well as the lasting effects of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s 2003 drug war – keeps drug users from receiving lifesaving HIV information and services that Thailand has pledged to provide. The report also documents how drug users face discrimination from health care workers, who continue to deny antiretroviral treatment to people who need it based on their status as drug users. HRW Index No.: C1917 November 29, 2007 Report Also available in
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