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Phumtham promises to adhere to human rights in handling detained Uyghurs

January 30, 2025

Deputy PM Phumtham reaffirms that Thailand will uphold human rights in handling 48 Uyghurs detained since 2013, amid calls from Human Rights Watch to prevent their deportation to China.

Bahraini held in Thailand a 'test' for FIFA: ex-Aussie captain

January 25, 2019

Former Australia football captain Craig Foster said on Friday a Bahraini refugee player held in Thailand is a 'test' for FIFA, as rights groups try to duplicate the asylum success story of a Saudi woman who avoided deportation from the country.

HRW appeals to Thailand against deporting Saudi teen

MONDAY, JANUARY 07, 2019

Human Rights Watch on Monday called on Thai authorities to immediately halt the planned deportation of a Saudi woman who claimed she was fleeing domestic abuse and feared for their safety if forcibly returned to her home country.

Experts express scepticism over free and fair election

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 04, 2018

AS THE COUNTRY counts down towards the next general election, speakers at a panel discussion yesterday widely held the opinion that a free and fair national vote without the influence of the ruling junta seems unlikely.

Call for charges to be dropped in Koh Tao alleged rape case

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 07, 2018

An international human rights group has called for charges to be dropped against Facebook users arrested and detained for allegedly violating the Computer Crime Act by sharing information regarding a rape claim on Koh Tao.

HRW urges Bangladesh to move Rohingya to better site

MONDAY, AUGUST 06, 2018

REFUGEES NOT GOING BACK TO MYANMAR ANY TIME SOON IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY CHANGES IN THE RIGHTS SITUATION THERE, REPORT SAYS

Victims of May 19 crackdown await justice – eight years later

SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2018

WHILE reconciliation has been a major item on the government’s agenda, a senior researcher for the New-York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW), Sunai Phasuk, complained there had been no justice eight years after the bloody crackdown on red shirts that left nearly a hundred people dead and thousands injured.

HRW wants charges against academics dropped

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2017

New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement on Wednesday calling on Thai authorities to drop charges against a prominent academic and four conference participants for violating the military junta’s ban on public assembly at a conference recently held at Chiang Mai University.

Human Rights Watch seeks independent probe into conscript’s death

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 05, 2017

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday called for an independent investigation into the death of an Army conscript in Surat Thani and for a broader campaign to end the longstanding use of corporal punishment in the Armed Forces.

HRW rights assessment ‘outdated and unfair’

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2017

THE Prayut government yesterday contested claims in a summary on the human rights situation in Thailand released by Human Rights Watch (HRW), saying the allegations were outdated and unfair.

HRW rights assessment outdated and unfair, govt says