By Prachatai |
<p>On the same day various leaders from Asia-Pacific nations mingled at a shiny convention center in Bangkok, photographer Chalinee Thirasupa was among a huddle of journalists taking photos of a phalanx of riot police close to Democracy Monument. A glass bottle was suddenly hurled toward her face.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Activists and protesters have filed a complaint against crowd control police for the <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/10104">violent dispersal of the 18 November anti-government protest march</a> which left many injured and led to the arrest of 25 people. </p>
By Prachatai |
<p>An online news agency is filing a fresh court challenge aimed at reining in the police’s documented aggression against members of the press. The 18 November crackdown on anti-government demonstrators saw a reporter on the ground being beaten and a bottle hurled at a photographer’s face from the direction of the police.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>On Friday (18 November), several reporters were injured and a citizen journalist was assaulted and arrested during a violent dispersal of a protest march that was heading towards the APEC meeting at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC).</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>25 people were arrested on Friday (18 November) after crowd control police forcibly dispersed protesters marching to the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC), the venue of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, to protest the government under Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha and its pro-corporation economic models.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Ahead of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, which is currently taking place at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre in Bangkok, Thai activists staged protests against the One China policy and the summit itself.</p>
By Anna Lawattanatrakul |
<p>Thailand is currently hosting the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, taking place between 14 – 19 November at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC), with the 29th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting on 18-19 November. Meanwhile, activist groups and civil society organizations are planning series of protests over the week against what they see as an attempt by the government to boost its legitimacy and greenwash the country’s major polluters.</p>
By Jared Makana Kirkey |
<p>Free Thai Civil Servant, a group of dissident government officials and public servants says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has consistently watered down Thailand’s APEC statements and erased mentions of the war in Ukraine even in live meetings.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>The Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) warned netizens to remove meme posts of its misspelt <span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA">“</span>Welcom” to APEC 2022 highway sign, threatening to sue those who failed to do so within 24 hours<span><span><span><span><span class="Hyperlink0"><span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
By Yiamyut Sutthichaya |
<p>The Thai office of Amnesty International over the past few months has increasingly turned to tackle more domestic human rights issues. An interview with the Country Director reveals that this decision has had a great impact, even threatening the organization’s existence, and including death threats against Amnesty personnel.</p>
By Amnesty International Thailand |
<p>Amnesty International Thailand submitted petitions to the Thai government, APEC host country calling for an end of the bloody crackdown in Myanmar. </p>
