<p>Thai authorities should immediately provide necessary medical treatment to Thanet Anantawong, a critic of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hrw.org/asia/thailand">Thailand</a>’s junta who was arrested in his sickbed and has been held in military custody since December 13, 2015, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities have accused him of committing sedition and computer crimes for sharing Facebook commentary about army corruption scandals.<br /></p>

<p>Thai authorities should immediately disclose the whereabouts of Thanakorn Siripaiboon, a critic of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hrw.org/asia/thailand" target="_blank">Thailand</a>’s junta who has reportedly been held in secret military custody since December 8, 2015, Human Rights Watch said today.<br /></p>

<p>Thai authorities should promptly and impartially investigate the alleged torture of suspects in military detention, Human Rights Watch said today. To prevent further abuses, the government should immediately transfer all civilians detained at military facilities to officially recognized civilian places of detention.</p>

<p dir="ltr">An ultra-royalist organisation and a pro-coup monk have organised rallies in front of the US embassy in Bangkok, calling the US and human rights groups not to criticise the lese majeste law and to send back people allegedly defaming the Thai monarchy believed to be in the US. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Thai authorities should investigate and appropriately prosecute a junior officer implicated in the torture and killing of a Muslim cleric in 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. The case is a major test of the Thai government’s commitment to justice for military abuses in embattled southern&nbsp;<a href="http://hrw.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d8%2c97%3a1-%3eLCE593719%26SDG%3c90%3a.&amp;RE=MC&amp;RI=4432086&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=86028&amp;Action=Follow+Link">Thailand</a>.<br /></p>

<p>World leaders gathered for the United Nations General Assembly should urge&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hrw.org/thailand" target="_blank">Thailand</a>’s prime minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha, to end repression of human rights and quickly restore democratic civilian rule, Human Rights Watch said today.&nbsp;<br /><br />General Prayut, who led a coup in May 2014, is scheduled to speak at the UN General Assembly in New York on September 29, 2015. The theme for this year’s General Assembly is “The United Nations at 70: the road ahead for peace, security, and human rights.”&nbsp;<br /></p>

<p>Thai authorities should release 64 asylum seekers detained in a recent raid who are being held in immigration detention, Human Rights Watch said today. The asylum seekers – including 7 children – are from Pakistan and Somalia, and possess “person of concern” documents issued by the United Nations refugee agency.&nbsp;<br /></p>

<p>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hrw.org/asia/thailand">Thailand</a>’s junta should immediately release Pravit Rojanaphruk, a well-known reporter for&nbsp;The Nation&nbsp;newspaper, who has been detained incommunicado since September 13, 2015 for criticizing military rule, Human Rights Watch said today.<br /></p>

<p>A Thai court’s award of damages for the fatal torture of a Muslim detainee highlights the government’s failure to prosecute soldiers who commit grave abuses in&nbsp;<a href="http://hrw.pr-optout.com/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d8%2c90A1-%3eLCE593719%26SDG%3c90%3a.&amp;RE=MC&amp;RI=4432086&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=84163&amp;Action=Follow+Link">Thailand</a>’s troubled deep south border provinces, Human Rights Watch said today. The case is a critical test of Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha’s vow to bring justice to Thailand’s restive southern border provinces.</p>

<p>President Thein Sein of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hrw.org/asia/burma" target="_blank">Burma</a>&nbsp;should refuse to sign into law two pieces of legislation that violate fundamental rights, Human Rights Watch said today. On August 21, 2015, the joint parliament approved the Religious Conversion Bill and the Monogamy Bill, two of four contentious so-called “race and religion” laws that will entrench discrimination based on religion, and also violate internationally protected rights to privacy and religious belief.&nbsp;<br /></p>

<p>The bomb attack that occurred in Bangkok’s commercial district on the evening of August 17, 2015, was a callous act of violence against civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. No individuals or groups have claimed responsibility for the explosion that killed at least 20 civilians and wounded 125 others.<br /></p>

<p>Burmese authorities should immediately stop using abusive laws on association and expression to halt the activities of land rights activists, Human Rights Watch said today. The recent arbitrary arrest of a prominent land rights advocate in Karen State exemplifies the government’s persecution of vocal opponents of land grabs by officials and their business associates.&nbsp;<br /></p>