<p>According to Pol Col Suchart Wong-ananchai, Inspector of the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, the Ministry has shut down and blocked over 50,000 websites which violated the 2007 Computer Crimes Act. Websites concerning national security were the most numerous.</p>
By Reporters Without Borders |
<p>Reporters Without Borders and the World Organization for Human Rights USA (“Human Rights USA”) are outraged that Anthony Chai, an American citizen from California, was interrogated by Thai officials in Thailand and again later in the U.S. for allegedly insulting the monarchy in 2006. Originally from Thailand, Chai was granted US citizenship in the late 1970s. He faces possible arrest if he returns to Thailand.</p>
<p>A student in Had Yai received a surprise phone call from Abhisit Vejjajiva after he had sent an SMS to the PM condemning his road map proposal. He claimed to have been told that Thaksin was paying coalition politicians 100 million baht per head to switch sides. Abhisit admitted making the call, but denied that he had said this about Thaksin.</p>
<p>On the morning of 5 May, www.prachatai.net was blocked by the CRES. The page was redirected to http://58.97.5.29/www.capothai.org, with the message: Access is temporarily suspended, as ordered by the CRES under the 2005 Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situations.</p>
By Thai Journalists Association |
<p>The following is a statement from the Thai Journalists Association (TJA)--a SEAPA founding member--and the Thai Broadcast Journalists Association (TBJA) and the Confederation of Thai Journalists (CTJ):</p>
<p>Building Peace, Justice and Social Responsibility</p>
<p>The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated May 3 as World Press Freedom Day to observe annually the importance of press freedom - that it is part of the fundamental rights of the people.</p>
<p>On 1 May, Private Thiwanont Thienthes, 23, was reported dead at his house in Phimai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Dressed in full military uniform, he was found to have hung himself from a tamarind tree in the backyard.</p>
By Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) |
<p>World Press Freedom Day was first celebrated in 1993, established as a day not only to acknowledge the importance of free, independent media, but also to highlight the struggles and dangers journalists face to inform and empower their publics.</p>
<p>On 2 May, Secretary-General of the Students Federation of Thailand Anuthee Dejthewaporn and two other students reported as summoned to the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation at the 11th Infantry Headquarters.</p>
<p>The man arrested on allegations of being the webmaster of an anti-monarchy website NorporchorUSA wants to be transferred from a prison zone for convicts of serious crimes.</p>
<p>Members of Pantip’s <a href="http://www.pantip.com/cafe/wahkor/topic/X9116538/X9116538.html">Wahkor science </a>forum have discussed whether bullets fired into the air by soldiers during clashes with protesters can be dangerous.</p>
<p>(Bangkok, 29 April 2010) We, the undersigned human rights NGOs from across Asia, are deeply concerned over the political upheaval in Thailand and condemn the violence that took place in the recent political conflicts. Violent clashes between Thai security forces and protestors of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) have resulted in 25 deaths (18 civilians, 6 soldiers and one foreign journalist) and more than 800 injured on April 10.</p>
<p>Unhappy with Aung San Su Kyi’s criticism of Thailand’s constitution and politics, PAD-affiliated senator Prasong Nurak has urged the government to track her financial records to find whether she has received money and from whom.</p>