<p>On the International Day In Support of Victims of Torture (4 July), 6 human rights organizations issued <a href="https://www.amnesty.or.th/en/latest/news/1012/">an open letter</a> to the Senate and the Extraordinary Committee raising concerns at the ongoing delay&nbsp;in finalizing and adopting the anti-torture and enforced disappearance bill.</p>

<p>Ahead of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Amnesty International calls for a ban on batons whose only practical purpose is torture or other ill-treatment, and published a new briefing on how batons should be used in a human right-compliant manner.</p>

<p>Amnesty International has launched an urgent action campaign calling for the release of Baipor and Netiporn, two monarchy reform activists currently held in pre-trial detention on royal defamation charges and who are on a hunger strike to demand the right to bail.&nbsp;</p>

<p>As leaders from&nbsp;the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)&nbsp;meet in the United States for a two-day&nbsp;summit, Amnesty International&nbsp;urges them to spotlight&nbsp;the violence and human rights violations in Myanmar.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Amnesty International Thailand and Thai activists gathered in front of the Russian Embassy in Bangkok today (23 March) and held a candlelight vigil to call for an end to Russia&#39;s invasion of Ukraine.</p>

<p>Amnesty International raised concerns that the new NGO bill could be used to control civil society groups and called on the Thai government to withdraw the bill.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s prison sentence is &quot;the latest example of the military&rsquo;s determination to eliminate all opposition and suffocate freedoms in Myanmar,&quot; said&nbsp;Amnesty International yesterday (7 December).&nbsp;</p>

<p>Amnesty International has launched its 20th Write for Rights campaign, which includes a call for justice for Thai student activist Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, currently <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/9558">detained pending trial</a> on royal defamation charges.</p>

<p>On Monday, 1 November, student activist Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul and representatives from <a href="https://www.amnesty.or.th/en/latest/news/965/">Amnesty International Thailand</a> submitted a petition to the prime minister to demand the release of detained activists and an end to the prosecution of protesters.</p>

<p>An escalation of symbolic actions by pro-democracy protesters took place after the repeated use of force against protesters by the police and legal charges against its leading figures. But when it comes to burning portraits of the King, the state uses the royal defamation law to handle the problem.</p>

<p>Thailand&rsquo;s parliament should amend the draft law on torture and enforced disappearance without delay in order to ensure compliance with Thailand&rsquo;s international legal obligations, said the ICJ and Amnesty International.</p>