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NHRC report criticized and delayed
Pravit Rojanaphruk
2011-07-12 07:19
 

A 5-page leaked document written by Thammasat University's law lecturer Kittisak Prokati who is also a sub-committee member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) raised questions over the quality and impartiality of the now deferred NHRC's report on the April-May 2010 deadly military crackdown on red shirt protesters.

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Draft law prohibits National Human Rights Commission from revealing information about cases under investigation
2009-12-02 02:57
 

Current and former National Human Rights Commissioners are concerned about changes made by the Council of State to a new law governing the independent body.  The Commission will be prohibited from revealing any information about cases under ongoing investigation, while it will be authorized to pursue court cases on behalf of those whose rights are violated.

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New NHRC chief promises to ensure that human rights body is meaningless and irrelevant
AHRC
2009-08-20 19:52
 

In an interview posted on the website of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Thailand, the commission's new chairwoman, Amara Pongsapich, has effectively promised to make the national rights institution meaningless and irrelevant, other than as an obstacle to human rights.

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Sulak Sivaraksa petitions King’s Principal Private Secretary to examine complaints against nominated Human Rights Commissioner
2009-06-14 14:09
 

On May 29, social critic Sulak Sivaraksa sent a letter to the HM the King’s Principal Private Secretary, asking him to look into the case of nominated human rights commissioner Parinya Sirisarakarn, owner of a salt mining business in Nakhon Ratchasima which has been the subject of complaints about its impact on the livelihoods of local communities.

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