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    Thailand: End Military Detention of Civilians
    Thailand’s lawmakers should reject a proposed revision to the Military Court Act that would broadly empower the armed forces to detain civilians without charge for nearly three months, Human Rights Watch said today.
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  • Thailand: Land Rights Activist Gunned Down
    Feb 14, 2015
    Thai authorities should immediately investigate the killing of a land rights activist in southern Thailand, Human Rights Watch said today.
  • Thailand: End Military Detention of Civilians
    Feb 13, 2015
    Thailand’s lawmakers should reject a proposed revision to the Military Court Act that would broadly empower the armed forces to detain civilians without charge for nearly three months, Human Rights Watch said today.
  • Thailand: Japan Should Urge End to Military Rule
    Feb 6, 2015
    Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should press Thailand’s junta leader to improve human rights and restore democratic civilian rule.
  • Thailand: Keep Independent Rights Commission
    Feb 3, 2015
    Thailand’s military-installed Constitution Drafting Committee should scrap a proposal to merge the national human rights commission with the ombudsman’s office.
  • Thailand: Human Rights in Free Fall
    Jan 29, 2015
    Thailand’s military government has severely repressed fundamental rights and freedoms since the May 22, 2014 coup, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2015.
  • Israel: Serious Abuse of Thai Migrant Workers
    Jan 21, 2015
    Thai agricultural workers in Israel face serious labor rights abuses because Israeli authorities are failing to enforce their own laws, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Israeli authorities should take immediate steps to improve its enforcement mechanisms and investigate whether unsatisfactory living and working conditions have contributed to a troubling pattern of deaths among migrant workers from Thailand.
  • Joint letter to Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha Re: Recruitment of Prisoners to Work on Thai Fishing Boats
    Jan 15, 2015
    We write today on behalf 45 regional and international nongovernmental organizations and labor associations to express our deep concern about a pilot project proposed by the Thai Ministry of Labour (MoL) to recruit prisoners to work on Thai fishing vessels.
  • Klity Creek's neglected toxic lead legacy
    Dec 16, 2014
    Klity Creek is now also one of the most heavily polluted industrial sites in all of Thailand. Eleven kilometres upstream is a former lead-processing factory. The factory, which started its operations in the mid-1960s, was ordered to close in 1998. But its toxic legacy remains.
  • Thailand: Clean Up Klity Creek
    Dec 15, 2014
    (Bangkok) – The Thai government has failed to clean up toxic lead in a stream in western Thailand, threatening hundreds of families with serious and irreversible health problems, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Supreme Administrative Court’s order nearly two years ago to clean up Klity Creek, the first of its kind in Thailand, has been ignored by the government while villagers remain exposed to lead in water, soil, vegetables, and fish.
  • Thailand: Don’t Supply Prisoners to Fishing Boats
    Dec 10, 2014
    Thailand’s military government should cancel a plan to encourage prisoners to work on fishing boats given the widespread abuses in the Thai fishery sector.
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