<p>A supporter of anti-junta activists and the anti-establishment red shirts has pleaded guilty to accusations of lèse majesté in a military court.</p>
<p>On 24 January 2017, Burin Intin, accused of offences under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté,<a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=3364"> pleaded guilty</a> to all charges during his trial in Bangkok Military Court.</p>
<p>The court will read the sentence on 27 January.</p>
<p>She would not let the death of her uncle be forgotten as insignificant and has braved legal, physical and psychological threats in her fight against military-backed torture. Prachatai introduces Naritsarawan ‘May’ Keawnopparat, our Person of the Year 2016. </p>
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<p>After a seven-year fight for justice, a provincial court has accepted a lawsuit against four police officers accused of torturing a suspect.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Embattled Thai human rights activists insist their innocence as they continue to fight against lawsuits filed by the military.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Parents of a suspect who died while in custody have filed a lawsuit against the Royal Thai Police, alleging that their son was tortured to death.</p>
<div>Police officers have beaten a gambler to death in the middle of a residential area. The officers disappeared after the killing, according to a witness.</div>
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<div>On 3 November 2016, police officers from Sutthisan Police Station raided an illegal gambling house in Bangkok and beat Don Daengchantip, 34, to death, <a href="http://www.manager.co.th/Crime/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9590000109853">reported</a> Manager Online.</div>
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<div>The gambling house is located in a high density area of Rungrueang.
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By Amnesty International (AI) |
<h2>Thailand: Torture victims must be heard</h2>
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<p>Police and public officials have prevented a press briefing by Amnesty International (AI) on a report about state-sponsored torture, saying that the AI speakers might be charged for not having work permits.</p>
<p>On 28 September 2016, at Four Wings Hotel in Bangkok, Special Branch police officers and officials from the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare intervened in a press briefing on an AI report titled “Make Him Speak by Tomorrow: Torture and Other Ill-Treatment in Thailand”.</p>
By Amnesty International |
<p>Since seizing power in a 2014 coup, Thailand’s military authorities have allowed a culture of torture and other ill-treatment to flourish across the country, with soldiers and policemen targeting suspected insurgents, political opponents, and individuals from the most vulnerable sections of society, a new report by Amnesty International said today. </p>
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<div>The outspoken niece of a draftee who was tortured to death has been indicted under the controversial Computer Crime Act for revealing information about torture in military camps. </div>
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<div>On 22 September 2016, Prosecutor Rati Cholamyai indicted Naritsarawan Keawnopparat under the Computer Crime Act for disseminating information deemed defamatory to the Royal Thai Army, according to the Cross Cultural Foundation.</div>
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<div>Naritsarawan is the niece of Wichian Puaksom, a military conscript who was tortured to death by other soldiers in 2011.
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By Prachatai |
<p dir="ltr">While Thailand is making strides in anti-torture legislation, experts argue the government’s continued prosecution of human rights defenders makes this formal progress hollow.</p><p>At a public panel convened at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand on Wednesday, 24 August 2016, representatives from local and international organisations called upon the Thai government to drop charges levelled against three human rights defenders investigating torture in Deep Southern Thailand.</p>
By Janjira Lintong |
<p>Pvt Somchai Si-ueangdoi is from the Karen ethnic group and from Chiang Mai. He decided to serve in the military to earn money to support his mom and sister after his dad passed away. About two years of conscription, Pvt Somchai was allegedly beaten to death. Like many other cases related to torture in the barracks, the court dismissed the case. </p>
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