59 civil society organizations have signed a joint statement calling on the Thai authorities to refrain from forcibly returning Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong to China, where he would face a risk of political persecution, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture, and other serious human rights violations.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Safeguard Defenders call on Thai authorities to refrain from deporting detained prominent Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong to China.

The Thai government should not forcibly return detained Chinese dissidents to China, Human Rights Watch said on 13 July. At least four Chinese dissidents detained at the Suan Phlu Immigration Detention Center in Bangkok face possible deportation to China. The Chinese government has increasingly pressured Thai authorities ahead of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s scheduled visit to China from July 16 to 20, 2026.

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) warns that ASEAN’s shift toward “calibrated re-engagement” with Myanmar’s military-appointed government risks normalizing a dictatorship without securing any tangible results for the Myanmar people.

Thai authorities should criminally investigate the alleged torture and ill-treatment of conscripts in the Royal Thai Navy’s Marine Division, Human Rights Watch said yesterday (6 July). The Thai government and military should end the longstanding practice of hazing and other brutality against conscripts and prosecute wrongdoers according to the law, regardless of their rank.

The Thailand Trans* Taskforce presented recommendations to the Committee on Public Health in support of protecting coverage for gender-affirming hormone therapy as a fundamental human right.

134 former and current parliamentarians from Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, and Timor Leste signed an open letter calling on ASEAN and its member states to demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners detained by the Myanmar junta.

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) welcomes the Thai Court of Appeal’s ruling that the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC)—a government agency responsible for Thailand’s internal security—is liable for “damaging the reputations” of Senator and human rights activist Angkhana Neelapaijit and  women human rights defender Anchana Heemmina.

The World Uyghur Congress has issued a statement condemning the death penalty given by the Bangkok South Criminal Court against two Uygur men for alleged involvement in the August 2015 Erawan Shrine bombing.

The Thai government should take immediate and concrete steps to end the arbitrary arrest, detention, torture, and forced return of refugees, Fortify Rights said on 11 June. In November 2026, the U.N. Human Rights Council will examine Thailand’s human rights record since late 2021 as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Thailand’s previous review took place in November 2021.

On the sixth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Thai pro-democracy activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), and the Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) call on the Cambodian and Thai authorities to establish his fate and whereabouts, ensure thorough and effective investigations, and deliver justice to him and his family.

Executions in 2025 soared to the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 1981, with 2,707 people executed across 17 countries, revealed the latest annual report from the human rights organization on the global use of the death penalty.