<p>Administrative Court refused to hear a case filed by migrant workers&nbsp;and stateless persons suing authorities concerning &ldquo;Section 33, We Love Each Other&rdquo; scheme, citing the statute of limitations and that the plaintiffs were not&nbsp;stakeholders.</p>

<p>Amnesty International launched an urgent&nbsp;call for action, demanding the Thai authorities to drop all proceedings against Sitanun Satsaksit, a sister of Wanchalearm, one of the abducted Thai exiles and ensure safety and enabling atmosphere for human rights advocacies.</p>

<p>On the International Day In Support of Victims of Torture (4 July), 6 human rights organizations issued <a href="https://www.amnesty.or.th/en/latest/news/1012/">an open letter</a> to the Senate and the Extraordinary Committee raising concerns at the ongoing delay&nbsp;in finalizing and adopting the anti-torture and enforced disappearance bill.</p>

<p>An open letter from University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Tyrell Haberkorn, and Emeritus Professor Thongchai Winichakul to the Southern Criminal Court, reminding the need to uphold the presumption of innocence and freedom of expression, regarding the detention of two monarchy reform activists who are currently going on a hunger strike.</p>

<p>Ahead of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Amnesty International calls for a ban on batons whose only practical purpose is torture or other ill-treatment, and published a new briefing on how batons should be used in a human right-compliant manner.</p>

<p>As the number of individuals charged with royal defamation passed 200 in just over 18 months, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) call on the Thai government to end the prosecution, arrest, and detention of individuals exercising their freedom of expression and to amend the royal defamation law&nbsp; to bring it into line with Thailand&rsquo;s human rights obligations under the ICCPR.</p>

<p>Amnesty International has launched an urgent action campaign calling for the release of Baipor and Netiporn, two monarchy reform activists currently held in pre-trial detention on royal defamation charges and who are on a hunger strike to demand the right to bail.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://lawyersforlawyers.org/en/letter-to-thai-authorities-on-disbarment-proceedings-against-anon-nampha/?fbclid=IwAR3DGGTQDkT8RVG1--4DIJ5Zt4xwfr0YKDuocfZEC3VzQ13BFVDMzPFeLyU">Lawyers for Lawyers and The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)&nbsp;</a>expressed in an open letter their concerns about the disbarment proceedings against human rights lawyer Anon Nampa, which started following a complaint that Anon&#39;s part in the pro-democracy protests and monarchy reform movement&nbsp;violated the Lawyers Council of Thailand&rsquo;s disciplinary rules.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In its open letter on 15 June, 677 Myanmar civil societies demanded ASEAN defence ministers not invite&nbsp;the Myanmar minister of defence to attend the&nbsp;upcoming ASEAN Defence Ministers&rsquo; Meeting (ADMM).</p>

<p>On 6 June, 199 civil society organisations expressed their support to a statement calling for Myanmar military government to drop the execution ruling over 4 activists.</p>

<p>Thailand&#39;s House of Representatives should approve the Marriage Equality bill to protect the right to marriage and family to everyone regardless of gender, said the human rights organization <a href="https://www.fortifyrights.org/tha-inv-2022-06-07/">Fortify Rights</a> today (7 June).</p>