<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4add403e-c508-eba1-b50f-ac180db41f42">A people’s forum on reform pointed out that the junta uses martial law to silence people while plundering natural resources in communities nationwide against the will of the local people. </span></p>
<p>The military has helped a petroleum company bypass proper environmental impact assessment procedures and an NHRC order to halt petroleum exploration and threatened villagers opposing the exploration with martial law.</p>
<p>About 40 armed police and military officers on Friday morning assisted <a href="http://www.amchamthailand.com/ACCT/asp/corpdetail.asp?CorpID=1029">Apico (Korat) Limited</a>, a US-based oil and gas exploration company, to move oil-drilling equipment into a potential oil field called Dongmoon in Kranuan District of the northeastern province of Khon Kaen.</p>
<p>Environmental and civil society groups condemned the new mining bill for ignoring environmental and health impacts and urged the junta government to stop deliberating the bill until Thailand has real representatives of the people.</p>
By Human Rights Watch |
<p>(Bangkok, December 16, 2014) – The Thai government has failed to clean up toxic lead in a stream in western <a href="http://hrw.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d8%2c4%2f81-%3eLCE593719%26SDG%3c90%3a.&RE=MC&RI=4369775&Preview=False&DistributionActionID=69198&Action=Follow+Link" target="_blank">Thailand</a>, threatening hundreds of families with serious and irreversible health problems, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.</p>
By Paw Siriluk Sriprasit |
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<div>Hydroelectric dams are technically thought of as clean energy. In fact, their construction and operation have serious impacts on the health of rivers and communities. Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are meant to prevent such negative consequences.
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