By Harrison George |
<p>It’s not listed in any of the human rights documents that the UN comes out with but let’s credit Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha with the Right to Ignorance.</p>
<p>So they arrest this Kritsuda woman on 27 May under martial law. After 7 days she fails to re-emerge, no one knows where she is, and then on 17 June her name appears on one of the NCPO’s ‘see me in my office tomorrow morning or else’ lists. This was a bit perplexing since as far as anyone knew, she was still in the custody of the military. How can you report to them when they’re holding you incommunicado? </p>
By Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) |
<div style="text-align: right;">9 August 2014</div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12px;">In two video clips released to the public on 2 and 3 August 2014, Kritsuda Khunasaen, who was arbitrarily detained by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), detailed her experience while in detention. She described a range of forms of both mental and physical torture.
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<div>The military have refused to disclose the whereabouts of a red-shirt supporter who has been detained for 13 days, and say he wants to continue his stay in a military camp. </div>
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<div>On Friday, lawyers from the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawyercenter2014">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights</a>, a network of human rights lawyers, met the police and the military to ask for information regarding Yongyuth Boondee, aka “Daeng Shinjang,” because he has been detained for longer than seven days -- the period allowed under martial law.
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<div>Thai military on Friday 'asked for cooperation' from Thammasat University, Bangkok, to stop an academic seminar on the interim charter, held by student activists; however, the university and the event organizers defied the military. </div>
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<div>A letter, signed by Col Noppadon Tawrit, Commander of the Kings Guard’s 1st Field Artillery Regiment, to the university rector, states “the seminar may affect the attempts to solve national conflict”, so the university should stop the event in order “to prevent the resurgence of differences in political at
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<div>The Thai junta will distribute 20,000 free movie tickets for Thais to celebrate Thailand’s Mother’s Day on 12 August, Than Setthakit Online reported.</div>
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<div>This is the third free movie screening organized by the Thai authorities as part of the “Return Happiness” campaign.</div>
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<div>Previously only the patriotic film The Legend of King Naresuan was screened for the campaign.
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<div>Thailand’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) has blocked access to two Prachatai English news stories on the alleged torture of red-shirt activist Kritsuda Khunasen, without giving any explanation to the online news outlet.
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<div><a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Banned-game-found-offensive-to-monarchy-30240339.html">The Nation</a> : The Cultural Ministry explained that the simulation game Tropico 5, which allows players to build their own forms of government on a remote island, was banned because it contained content that appeared to be offensive to the monarchy.</div>
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<div>Cultural Promotion Department chief Chai Nakhonchai said a subcommittee of the Video and Film Office had examined the game and voted 5-1 to ban it, with two abstentions.</div>
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<div style="text-align: right;">05 August 2014</div>
<div><strong>Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights </strong>: Ravina Shamdasani</div>
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<div><strong>Location:</strong> Geneva</div>
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<div><strong>Subject: </strong>Thailand</div>
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<div>We have been very concerned by the methods of arrest and detention of politicians, activists, academics and journalists following the military coup in Thailand in May this year. </div>
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<div>Since 22 May 2014, more than 700 individuals have been summoned and arreste
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Thailand: Investigate Alleged Torture of Activist</strong></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Junta Dismissive of Kritsuda Khunasen’s Allegations</strong></div>
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<div>AUGUST 5, 2014</div>
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<div>Thai authorities should immediately and impartially investigate the alleged torture of an opposition activist in military custody, Human Rights Watch said today.
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<div>Kritsuda Khunasen, the red-shirt activist who was illegally detained by the junta, said in her latest video clip that the military gave her paracetamol and anti-inflammatory drugs to remove the traces of torture.
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<div>The Thai authorities have banned the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_simulation_game">government simulation game</a> “Tropico 5,” reasoning that the game is sensitive to public order, according to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thainetizen/photos/a.10150109699603130.289409.116319678129/10152618951563130/?type=1">Thai Netizen Network</a>. </div>
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<div>Tropico 5 simulates the colonial era to modern times. In the colonial era, players take the role of a president who has a mission to explore new lands and colonize them.
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<div>A junta spokesman on Sunday denied the allegations by red-shirt activist Kritsuda Khunasen that the military tortured her during her illegal detention and forced her to lie on TV that she was happy, insisting that her happiness was real, according to Matichon Online. </div>
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<div>Col Winthai Suvaree, spokesman for the junta’s National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), said he was “surprised” by what the red-shirt activist said during an interview with Jom Petchpradab, a veteran independent journalist, published on YouTube and released on Saturda
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