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ALRC voices concerns regarding the freedom of expression in Thailand and South Korea, and the deadly repression of demonstrators in Sri Lanka
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
2011-06-08 15:34
 

An Oral Statement to the 17th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status

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THAILAND: Arbitrary detention and harassment under the Emergency Decree in Thailand
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
2010-08-31 16:37
 

In a submission to the 14th session of the Human Rights Council, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) described the use of arbitrary orders for interrogation of civilians in army camps and other facilities under emergency regulations during the violence between state forces and antigovernment protestors in Thailand in April-May 2010 (A/HRC/14/NGO/42, 17 May 2010).

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THAILAND: An analysis of Thailand's non-compliance with its international human rights obligations
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
2010-05-21 15:44
 

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 

Fourteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate

A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status.

1. As Thailand was elected this May 13 to the Human Rights Council (HRC), albeit as the result of a clean slate, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) urges the members of the Council to take note of Thailand’s record of non-compliance with many key international human rights obligations and ensure that its membership results in marked improvement concerning these. That Thailand was elected even as the Royal Thai Army was shooting and killing people in Bangkok amid intense political turmoil--itself a result of undemocratic and anti-human rights forces having recaptured control of key state institutions since the 2006 military coup--remains a significant concern. 

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ASIA: Council urged to do more to prevent arbitrary detention, the gateway to other grave abuses
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
2010-02-17 20:04
 

The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and its sister organisation, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), have documented numerous arbitrary detentions throughout the Asian region in the year preceding the 13th session of the Human Rights Council. Cases, notably from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand, show a consistent and widespread pattern of abuse of authority by law enforcement agencies concerning illegal and arbitrary detention.

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"Unsubstantiated" police abuses, impunity and human rights charades
Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC)
2009-09-03 21:47
 

Following the 11th session of the Human Rights Council the Government of Thailand objected to the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) over it having characterized the Royal Thai Police as the top violator of human rights in that country. The government representative described remarks that the police in Thailand enjoy impunity for rights abuses as "unsubstantiated". 

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