By Prachatai |
<p>On 1 July, the US Department of State released the <a href="https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-trafficking-in-persons-report/">2021 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report</a> downgrading Thailand to the Tier 2 Watch List after finding fault with government efforts to address forced labour and trafficking issues particularly in the fishing, seafood and garment sectors.</p>
By Seafood Working Group (SWG) |
<p>Dozens of worker rights and human rights organizations released <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://laborrights.org/publications/joint-letter-proposed-thailand-law-threatens-civil-society-organizations-combatting&source=gmail&ust=1624108492101000&usg=AFQjCNECQ_mYf76ST3eWOophDl0BFWMcbw" href="https://laborrights.org/publications/joint-letter-proposed-thailand-law-threatens-civil-society-organizations-combatting" target="_blank">a letter</a> expressing deep concern regarding Thailand’s draft Act on the Operation of Not-for-Profit Organizations.</p>
By International Commission of Jurists |
<p>Journalists and media workers face an increasingly repressive legal landscape amidst the Covid-19 pandemic in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, as outlined by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in a submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>In Freedom House’s 2021 global freedom analysis, Thailand scores 30 out of 100, 2 points less than last year, due to a poor performance in many aspects of political rights and civil liberties. This has brought down the country’s status from ‘Partly Free’ to ‘Not Free’.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>The Appeal Court on 26 January found Pholawat Warodomputthikul, 28, a former technician in Rayong, guilty under the sedition law for distributing leaflets expressing opposition to the 2014 coup. </p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Suranat Paenprasoet, a coordinator of the Active Youth network who joined the 14 October protest, has become the third person charged under Section 110 of the Criminal Code. He was seen on Phitsanulok Road when a royal motorcade passed through anti-dictatorship protesters.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>The Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Ekachai Hongkangwan and Boonkueanoon Paothong, who were at the 14 October protest where they found themselves in the middle of a police blockade and the royal motorcade of the Queen and the King’s son.</p>
