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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