<p>In a petition submitted to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, representatives from several civil society organisations have demanded that the Thai government stop returning Uyghur refugees to China and arrange for their relocation to safe-haven countries.</p>

<p>65 human rights organizations published an <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/12/joint-letter-president-biden-re-thailands-abusive-draft-law-not-profit">open letter</a> addressed to US President Joe Biden on the new non-profit organization (NPO) bill, saying that the bill threatens Thai civil society and calling on the US to press the Thai authorities to immediately withdraw the bill.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Transgender people in&nbsp;Thailand&nbsp;have no route to legal recognition of their gender identity, making them vulnerable to various forms of discrimination, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today with the Thai Transgender Alliance.</p>

<p>On 9 November 2021,&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.hrw.org/thailand&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636783943474000&amp;usg=AOvVaw04WIoAttdszBP7ef0DOa6O" href="https://www.hrw.org/thailand" target="_blank">Thai</a>&nbsp;immigration officials forcibly returned two Cambodian refugees, putting them at risk of unfair trials in&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.hrw.org/asia/cambodia&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636783943474000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0OnxEwfQpJO5oqA39UpQuL" href="https://www.hrw.org/asia/cambodia" target="_blank">Cambodia</a>, said Human Rights Watch.</p>

<p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hrw.org/thailand">Thai</a>&nbsp;authorities should promptly and impartially investigate the alleged police torture of two pro-democracy activists in Bangkok and hold those responsible to account, <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/03/thailand-police-torture-political-activists">Human Rights Watch </a>said yesterday (3 November).&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Thai authorities should&nbsp;fully and fairly prosecute the police officers responsible for the death of a drug suspect, as well as criminalize torture and establish a process independent of the police that&nbsp;can independently investigate and prosecute police officers for wrongdoing, said <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/26/thailand-drug-suspect-tortured-death?fbclid=IwAR3TibpTvZ8TsgnDlvDsKURteniVlIUq1uFxJ2QAA6lKZOnqAl5YDTgMxcI">Human Rights Watch today (26 August)</a>, following the release of a video clip showing Nakhon Sawan police officers torturing and killing 24-year-old&nbsp;Jeerapong Thanapat.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Chiang Mai Provincial Court has postponed the trial of 3 journalists and 2 associates of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) who were arrested for illegal entry. Civil society has raised concerns over their wellbeing if they are deported.</p>

<p>Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch concern over the bail denial of the 4 prominent activists as&nbsp;an abuse of the judicial process to silence peaceful critics.&nbsp;</p>

<p>An interview with Senior Researcher at Human Rights Watch. What has Thailand lost in the suppression of the pro-democracy protests&nbsp;at a time when superpowers like the USA and EU have started to pose more questions about Thai politics?</p>

<p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hrw.org/asia/philippines">Philippines</a>&nbsp;government is on the verge of enacting a counterterrorism law that will eliminate critical legal protections and permit government overreach against groups and individuals labeled terrorists, Human Rights Watch said today. The draft Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020&nbsp;<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/duterte-allies-pass-anti-terrorism-bill-congress-200603114854123.html">passed</a>&nbsp;both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to quickly sign the bill into law.</p>