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By Prachatai |
<p>Tiwagorn Withiton, a Facebook user who posted an image of him wearing a shirt printed with &ldquo;I lost faith in the monarchy&rdquo;, was released from a psychiatric hospital after being detained under questionable circumstances on 9 July. Meanwhile, people are being pressured by security authorities for talking and posting about it.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Both Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) and the Student Union of Thailand (SUT) have issued statements calling for the release of <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8646">Tiwagorn Withiton</a>, a Facebook user whose post of him wearing a shirt printed with &ldquo;I lost faith in the monarchy&rdquo; previously went viral and who was taken by the police and forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital last week.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>The family of missing activist in exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit has filed a complaint with the Thai Office of the Attorney General, the Ministry of Justice&rsquo;s Rights and Liberties Protection Department, and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), calling for an investigation into his disappearance, while also preparing to file a complaint with the Cambodian police.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has claimed that HM the King asked for no prosecutions under Article 112 of the Criminal Code. However, other laws and extra-legal means have been used to stop anti-monarchy speech.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Six people who participated in the demonstration in front of the Cambodian Embassy last Monday (8 June) to call for the authorities to address the disappearance of activist in exile <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8561">Wanchalearm Satsaksit</a> have been summoned by the police on Emergency Decree charges, said <a href="https://www.tlhr2014.com/?p=18477&amp;fbclid=IwAR1y3R-g4OcSqZjiET8QYgqmSsp1fvTljo5XtvhuqVSDzoew_ixam0y-zQM">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR)</a>.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>At least 10 homeless people in Chiang Mai have been arrested for breaking curfew by being outside after 22.00, says <a href="https://www.tlhr2014.com/?p=17223&amp;fbclid=IwAR1rsec56my0QLs6mvkIH5s3qXSs7ad3rQLcNrrELdUPCjgfvrfGv_fAVM0">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).</a></p>
By Prachatai |
<p>In a <a href="https://www.tlhr2014.com/?p=16785&amp;lang=en">statement</a> released on Monday (30 March), Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) says that while they find that it is necessary for the state to &ldquo;impose measures&rdquo; to control the spread of COVID-19, it finds that the Emergency Decree, in effect from 26 March to 30 April, &ldquo;contains provisions which significantly restrict people&rsquo;s rights and freedom,&rdquo; especially freedom of expression, press freedom, and freedom of movement, raising concerns about the necessity and proportionality of the measures issued under the decree.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>A Twitter user who was arrested last week under computer crime charges for posting about the monarchy has been denied bail twice on the ground that he might flee, <a href="https://twitter.com/TLHR2014/status/1231798694909030410?fbclid=IwAR2egZDptmiI3FAsosgt8zeHEA-YaLcnYd_9wY99EGPdJ3AzFZ8PN4xLY7k">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR)</a> reported.</p>