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Amnesty International Annual Report still concerned with Freedom of Expression, Prisoners of Conscience in Thailand
Suluck Lamubol
2013-05-24 19:54
 

May 23, Bangkok -- Ongoing suppression of freedom of expression, little accountability for the 2010 political violence and the internal armed conflict in the Deep South are the main human rights concerns for Thailand in the 2013 Amnesty International Annual Report.

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Amnesty International urges Thailand to abolish death penalty
Takato Mitsunaga
2013-05-24 19:40
 

Bangkok, May 23 – Amnesty International Thailand called for the abolition of the death penalty in Thailand, one of 21 countries where capital punishment is still in use.  Currently, 706 Thais are under sentence of death, according to the Amnesty International Human Rights Report 2013.

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Burmese Migrant Workers Rights Network and Thai Union Federation Honored by Leading U.S. Labor Rights Group
International Labor Rights Forum
2013-05-23 10:01
 

Washington, D.C. – The International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) will honor the Burmese Migrant Workers Rights Network (MWRN) and the State Enterprises Workers’ Relations Federation (SERC) with the 2013 International Labor Rights Award for their groundbreaking work in defending migrant workers in Thailand. The ILRF’s International Labor Rights Award is given annually to recognize the significant contributions of labor rights advocates toward achieving just and humane treatment for workers worldwide.

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A Global Goal on Gender Equality, Women’s Rights and Women’s Empowerment
Lakshmi Puri, UN Women
2013-05-23 09:56
 

Hardly a day goes by without a news story on some violation of women’s rights. In recent months, appalling incidents of violence against women and girls, from Delhi to Johannesburg to Cleveland, have sparked public outrage and demands to tackle these horrific abuses.

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THAILAND: The regularization of the crisis of freedom of expression
Asian Legal Resource Centre
2013-05-23 09:50
 

A written statement submitted to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status

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May 19th remembered
2013-05-23 09:28
 

The Red Shirts, also known as the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), gathered on May 19th at Ratchaprasong intersection from the early morning to late at night to commemorate the third anniversary of the 2010 military crackdown.

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Amnesty International Annual Report still concerned with Freedom of Expression, Prisoners of Conscience in Thailand
2013-05-24 19:54

May 23, Bangkok -- Ongoing suppression of freedom of expression, little accountability for the 2010 political violence and the internal armed conflict in the Deep South are the main human rights concerns for Thailand in the 2013 Amnesty International Annual Report.

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Amnesty International urges Thailand to abolish death penalty
2013-05-24 19:40

Bangkok, May 23 – Amnesty International Thailand called for the abolition of the death penalty in Thailand, one of 21 countries where capital punishment is still in use.  Currently, 706 Thais are under sentence of death, according to the Amnesty International Human Rights Report 2013.

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May 19th remembered
2013-05-23 09:28

The Red Shirts, also known as the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), gathered on May 19th at Ratchaprasong intersection from the early morning to late at night to commemorate the third anniversary of the 2010 military crackdown.

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Fabio Polenghi’s last photos on exhibition
2013-05-18 14:06

Some of the last photographs taken by photo-journalist Fabio Polenghi, who was shot and killed on 19 May 2010 in Bangkok during the government crackdown on red-shirt protests, have been put on exhibition by his sister....

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Burmese Migrant Workers Rights Network and Thai Union Federation Honored by Leading U.S. Labor Rights Group
2013-05-23 10:01

Washington, D.C. – The International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) will honor the Burmese Migrant Workers Rights Network (MWRN) and the State Enterprises Workers’ Relations Federation (SERC) with the 2013 International Labor Rights Award for their groundbreaking work in defending migrant workers in...

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A Global Goal on Gender Equality, Women’s Rights and Women’s Empowerment
2013-05-23 09:56

Hardly a day goes by without a news story on some violation of women’s rights. In recent months, appalling incidents of violence against women and girls, from Delhi to Johannesburg to Cleveland, have sparked public outrage and demands to tackle these horrific abuses.

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THAILAND: The regularization of the crisis of freedom of expression
2013-05-23 09:50

A written statement submitted to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status

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Sexism is buried deep in our daily language
2013-05-15 15:34

The past two weeks have been rather sobering for those who think Thailand has already risen above misogyny. It has not. People of both sides of the political divide have given us clear evidence, which, if looked at "positively", reminds us of the challenges that lie ahead.

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Live it or Leave it
Right, I’ve had enough. I’m sick up to here with this mindless ‘if you don’t like it here, then go and live somewhere else’ garbage. So what about you? If you don’t like reading this stuff, why don’t you go and live somewhere else where they don’t write like this? Never thought of that, did you, eh?

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The Resurgence of the People's Movement?
They're back on the streets again...this time holding "green" flags and "fists" as their symbol. The reborn sections of the Assembly of the Poor and former Yellow Shirts have learned expensive lessons from their share in the color-coded conflict: never forsake you own grievances for some lofty political gains. 

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Thailand's Criminal Code (English)
2007 Computer Crime Act (Word version)
Gist of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's Address on the Government's One Year Performance Report
Draft of Internal Security Act
Thailand Constitution 2007
Policy Statement of the Council of Ministers
Computer Crime Act 2007

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