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ASEAN’s road to nowhere?

Commentary
Apr 26, 2012

In July, the ASEAN foreign ministers meeting in Phnom Penh will receive one of the most important documents drafted since the adoption five years ago of the ASEAN Charter.
Thailand: Internet Provider Faces Lese Majeste Conviction

Press release
Apr 23, 2012

The trial of an internet service provider on lese majeste charges puts Thailand’s web moderators at risk of long prison terms.
Thailand: Two Years On, No Justice for Political Violence

Press release
Apr 10, 2012

The Thai government’s new “political reconciliation” proposals will undermine justice by giving immunity to those responsible for human rights abuses during bloody confrontations in Bangkok in 2010.
Thailand: Don’t Block Accountability for Political Violence

Press release
Mar 30, 2012

The Thai government should undertake a transparent and impartial investigation into violence and abuses by all sides in the 2010 political upheavals and hold accountable all those responsible.
Victims of political violence wait for justice

Commentary
Mar 23, 2012
Thailand: Police Blamed for Killing Drug Suspect

Press release
Mar 16, 2012

A Thai parliamentary inquiry that found that police used excessive force in the fatal shooting of a drug suspect should prompt an immediate criminal investigation and prosecution of those responsible .
Statement at the Human Rights Council on the adoption of the Universal Periodic Review report of Thailand

Oral statement
Mar 15, 2012

Human Rights Watch regrets that Thailand rejected all recommendations calling for the review of lese majeste to safeguard freedom of expression. Thai authorities continue to use the Computer Crimes Act and the penal code provision on lese majeste (insulting the monarchy) to enforce censorship and persecute dissidents.
Thailand: Courts Denying Bail in Lese Majeste Cases

Press release
Feb 24, 2012

Thai courts are refusing bail for people charged with the crime of lese majeste for apparently political reasons.
Letter to Prime Minister Yingluck Re. Enforced Disappearances in the Southern Border Provinces

Letter
Feb 7, 2012

Human Rights Watch welcomes your government’s signing of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance on January 9, 2012.
Thailand: Downward Slide on Human Rights

Backgrounder Briefing
Jan 23, 2012

The human rights situation in Thailand deteriorated in 2011 as the government failed to address impunity for human rights abuses by security forces .