By International Federation for Human Rights |
<div>Thailand must release all six people currently detained under draconian lèse-majesté laws, FIDH and its member organization Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) said today</div>
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By International Federation for Human Rights and Union for Civil Liberty |
<p>Paris-Bangkok, 9 May 2012. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its Thai member organization, Union for Civil Liberty (UCL), are deeply saddened by the death of Mr. Amphon Tangnoppakhun, who was convicted on 23 November 2011 and harshly sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was accused of sending four text messages deemed offensive to the Queen of Thailand to a personal assistant of the Prime Minister in 2010, in violation of Article 112 of the Criminal Code and the Computer-related Crimes Act of 2007. He had insisted on his innocence throughout his trial.</p>
By International Federation for Human Rights and Union for Civil Liberty |
<p>The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organization in Thailand, the Union for Civil Liberty (UCL), respectfully urge you to make effective protection and promotion of human rights a top priority in your administration.</p>
By International Federation for Human Rights and Union for Civil Liberty |
<p>Paris-Bangkok, May 16, 2011. Accountability for human rights abuses perpetrated during the March-May 2010 street protests remains seriously lacking one year following government operations that violently ended the Red-Shirt protests, all the while as the authorities continue to curtail freedom of expression with draconian legislations, said the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organization, the Union for Civil Liberty (UCL).<br />
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<p>In response to <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/node/1467">Awzar Thi's criticism</a> of human rights advocates in Thailand, Danthong Breen, chairman of the Union for Civil Liberty, a leading human rights organization based in Bangkok, has sent an email to a group of activists. Prachatai sees this as a valuable contribution to the debate on the roles of human rights activists in Thailand, and has translated and published his email on <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/journal/2009/11/26469">Prachatai (Thai version)</a> with the kind permission of Mr Breen. Here is his email and a response from Thongchai Winichakul, Thai academic at the University of Wisconsin in the US.</p>