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ASIA: Priorities in Police Reforms
Asian Human Rights Commission
2010-07-13 08:15
 

The purpose of reforms should be to eradicate the defects that exist at present, in the police. The main defects are that the system of criminal investigations is based on primitive methodologies and the use of torture is an inherent part of such investigations, therefore the elimination of the use of torture and the development of modern techniques of criminal investigation should be the major priority in any reform; corruption is rampant within the police and the eradication of corruption should also be a priority in police reforms; The police often have to serve political masters and powerful persons and this prevents the police from serving the law as their king; Thus, bringing the police within the rule of law by eradicating their control by politicians and other powerful persons should also be a priority in police reforms.

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Bridging Thailand’s Deep Divide
International Crisis Group
2010-07-05 20:55
 

Bangkok/Brussels, 5 July 2010: The Thai government should immediately lift the state of emergency to create conditions for national reconciliation that would allow the building of a new political consensus and the holding of peaceful elections if the country is to return to stability.

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Human rights NGOs opposing extension of declaration of Emergency Situation
2010-07-05 20:47
 

A group of human rights NGOs and activists have opposed the government's extension of the imposition of the Emergency Decree.

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Foreign Ministry’s response to Asian Human Rights Commission’s open letter
2010-07-04 13:38
 

In response to the AHRC's open letter to Abhisit Vejjajiva on 18 June regarding the detention and treatment of people arrested under the Emergency Decree, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has posted its reply on its website.

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Thailand is no human rights champion
Pokpong Lawansiri, The Guardian
2010-07-02 15:53
 

The election of Thailand as chair of the UN human rights council has little to do with its record but may make the country change.

The recently concluded session of the UN human rights council, an intergovernmental organisation tasked to promote and protect human rights worldwide, ended with the election of Thailand as the new president to the 47-member council.

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An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Thailand by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
Asian Human Rights Commission
2010-06-19 17:46
 

 

Dear Mr. Abhisit 

THAILAND: Chaining of wounded detainees under Emergency Decree 

 

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to you regarding the treatment of detainees under the state of emergency that your government has imposed in Bangkok and other provinces of Thailand in response to protests that gripped the capital in recent months. 

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Asian NGOs urge NHRCT to take on a more proactive role addressing violations in Thailand
Asian NGOs Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI)
2010-06-17 10:06
 

The Asian NGOs Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) expresses grave concern over numerous reports of human rights violations in Thailand during the series of violent protests that prompted the Thai government to place Bangkok and other provinces under emergency decree on 7 April 2010. The ANNI calls upon the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT), as an organ responsible for the promotion of protection of human rights in the country, to take appropriate measures to fully investigate these allegations.

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Mr. Somyot Pruksakasemsuk and all political prisoners held by the virtue of the Emergency Decree must be released
Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) and Union of Civil Liberties (UCL)
2010-06-11 11:18
 

Invoking the Emergency Decree on Government Administration in States of Emergency B.E. 2548 (2005), the government has been holding Mr. Somyot Pruksakasemsuk in custody at the Royal Thai Army Cavalry Center, Saraburi (Adisorn Army Camp) since 24 May 2010. After over two weeks, it seems he will still be suject to further detention until the 30-day-limit is reached. The detention has been made without a charge pressed against him. Meanhwile, the Public Relations Division, the Royal Thai Police, has revealed names of a number of suspects being held in custody as per the Emergency Decree.

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Violating human rights? Yes, indeed!
Kwanravee Wangudom
2010-06-08 16:41
 

The article “Is this government violating human rights? Think again” by Arie Bloed published in the Bangkok Post on 3 June 2010 raises many important points.

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Report 2010: Global justice gap condemns millions to abuse
Amnesty International
2010-05-28 09:03
 

(London) A global justice gap is being made worse by power politics despite a landmark year for international justice, said Amnesty International today in its annual assessment of human rights worldwide.

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