By Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) |
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<div>On 10 October 2014, the independent online media outlet Prachatai reported on three instances of torture of persons held in military and police custody which have taken place since the 22 May 2014 coup by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) in Thailand (Read the entire report by Prachatai in English <a href="http://prachatai.org/english/node/4395">here</a> and in Thai <a href="http://prachatai.org/journal/2014/10/55937">here</a>).
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<div><em>A written submission to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre</em></div>
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<div><strong>THAILAND: Human rights in crisis three months after coup</strong></div>
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<div>1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to raise grave concerns with the Human Rights Council about the deepening human rights crisis in Thailand following the 22 May 2014 coup launched by a military junta calling itself the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and led by General Prayuth Chan-ocha.
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<div><em>On the 100th Day of the Thai Military Coup d’etat</em></div>
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<div><strong> Statement of International Solidarity Group for Thai Democracy and Human Rights</strong></div>
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<div>Since the military seized power from the interim government on 22 May 2014 and established the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), the international community is gravely concerned by the severe backlash of human rights and democracy in Thailand. </div>
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By Human Rights Watch |
<div>AUGUST 20, 2014</div>
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<div><strong>Thailand: Theater Activists Jailed for Insulting Monarchy</strong></div>
<div><strong>Lese Majeste Arrests Increase Since Military Coup</strong></div>
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<div>(New York) – The arrest of two activists involved in a play considered by Thai military authorities to be “insulting to the monarchy” shows the decline in freedom of expression in Thailand since the May 22, 2014 coup, Human Rights Watch said today.
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By UN High Commissioner for Human Rights |
<div>19 August 2014</div>
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<div><strong>Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani</strong></div>
<div><strong>Location: Geneva</strong></div>
<div><strong>Subject: Thailand</strong></div>
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<div>We are seriously concerned about the prosecution and harsh sentencing of individuals in Thailand under the country's lèse majesté law. Such measures are adding to the larger pattern of increasing restrictions on freedom of expression in Thailand.
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By Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) |
<div>9 August 2014</div>
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<div><span>In two video clips released to the public on 2 and 3 August 2014, Kritsuda Khunasaen, who was arbitrarily detained by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), detailed her experience while in detention. She described a range of forms of both mental and physical torture.
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<div>05 August 2014</div>
<div><strong>Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights </strong>: Ravina Shamdasani</div>
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<div><strong>Location:</strong> Geneva</div>
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<div><strong>Subject: </strong>Thailand</div>
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<div>We have been very concerned by the methods of arrest and detention of politicians, activists, academics and journalists following the military coup in Thailand in May this year. </div>
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<div>Since 22 May 2014, more than 700 individuals have been summoned and arreste
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By Asian Human Rights Commission |
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<div>The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to express grave concern about the arrest of Prom Jarana (64 years old), a human rights defender and land rights activist with the Assembly of the Poor in Kaobart Village, Nondindaeng District, Buriram province. According to information provided by Protection International and the Assembly of the Poor to the AHRC, Prom was arrested by a group of soldiers and police at his home at 10:30 am on 17 July 2014 and taken to a military camp. His arrest comes after weeks of intimidation and threatened evictions against the community.
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By 4 Laws for the Poor Coordinating Centre |
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<div>To our friends in the media and the people</div>
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<div>In the name of the 4 Laws for the Poor Working Group, we wish to thank all of you for attending today’s press conference on the “Follow-up on the Right to Propose 4 Laws – Reform that the People seek to do themselves.” We wish to begin with the question “Do you all have homes on land of your own?” If the answer is no, you and we are the majority in this country, and are landless, whether in housing or farmland.
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By Student For Democracy Group, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University |
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By Students, Faculty, and Alumni of the Australian National University against the coup |
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<div>On 22 May 2014, a group of persons who call themselves the National Order Maintenance Council (NOMC) fomented a coup and seized power from the caretaker government. They cited the need to prevent violence arising from political conflict as the primary reasons for their actions. We condemn this action for the following significant reasons:</div>
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<div>1. A coup is a reduction of rights and liberties. A coup is a devaluation of the intelligence, dignity, and the political learning process of citizens in a democracy.</div>
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<div><span>One day following Thailand’s 12th military coup since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932, 26 scholars of Thai Studies from outside the country, wrote a letter to General Prayuth Chan-ocha, expressing their concern at the coup launched by the National Order Maintenance Council (NOMC).
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