<p>Thailand is now rated as &lsquo;partly free&rsquo; in the 2020 <a href="https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/FIW_2020_REPORT_BOOKLET_Final.pdf">Freedom in the World</a> report, published by Freedom House, after being classified as &lsquo;not free&rsquo; last year, while the report notes that political rights and civil liberties in Asia have declined.</p>

<p>A wave of youth-led protests across Asia is defying escalating repression and a continent-wide crackdown on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said today (29 January) as it published its annual report on human rights in the region.</p>