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The Thai government needs to be forthright about the Covid-19 outbreaks in The Thai government prison system and how it intends to avoid disastrous consequences for those held, many people warned the Thai authorities that they needed to act proactively to avoid such a situation, but it seems they got caught sleeping at the switch.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Min Aung Hlaing, who faces international sanctions for his role in military atrocities and the brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, should not be welcomed at an intergovernmental gathering to address a crisis he created.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
The military's actions show utter disdain for the democratic elections held in November and the right of Myanmar's people to choose their own government, we urge concerned governments to speak out forcefully against the military's actions and consider targeted sanctions against those responsible.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Extending the emergency will allow Thai authorities to continue to repress contrary views, arrest critics, and ban peaceful rallies for political and not public health reasons.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The abduction of a prominent Thai political activist on the streets of Phnom Penh demands an immediate response from Cambodian authorities.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The importance of Cambodia's generals has become even more apparent ahead of July's elections, as they engage in crackdowns against journalists, political opponents, and anti-government protesters – and openly campaign for Hun Sen.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
People should be protected in holding demonstrations, especially around issues of great public interest, but with Vietnam's poor record of handling protests, there's every reason to believe that police are punishing dissent, not simply keeping public order.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
The Thai junta has sunk to a new low by charging an activist’s mother under the ‘insulting the monarchy’ law, which has been systematically abused to silence critics, prosecuting someone for her vague response to a Facebook message is just the junta’s latest outrageous twist of the lese majeste law.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
This is a marked escalation of the junta witch-hunt against dissidents, now they are targeting a dissident's mother as they try to gag his outspoken criticism. This is a new low even for a junta which has made abuses of human rights a daily occurrence.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Since Thailand's coup, it hasn't been hard to get thrown in jail for criticizing the junta, now, all you have to do is press 'Like' on your Facebook page.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Thailand's junta has reached a new level of ruthlessness by snatching an activist from his hospital bed.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Thanakorn's secret detention should set off flashing red lights – especially since the Thai authorities failed to resolve two recent deaths of detainees in military custody, thailand's junta has increasingly flouted international legal protections by holding civilian detainees incommunicado in military camps.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
A blanket immunity clause in Thailand's new constitution would allow the military to commit abuses without fear of prosecution, given the Thai military's long record of human rights abuses, this would effectively be giving soldiers a license to kill.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The single thing this government can do is to stop arresting, charging, investigating people for peaceful expression.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Rather than confronting the inherent cruelty of capital punishment, Pakistani officials are puzzling over how to hang a man in a wheelchair, the government should urgently commute Abdul Basit's sentence.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Regional governments should work with the United Nations and others to agree on binding solutions to this human tragedy -- not sweep it under the rug as they have done for years.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
This regional meeting will only be a success if every government commits to effective search and rescue operations, meeting the protection needs of refugees, prosecuting traffickers, and resolving the root causes that drive these desperate people onto boats, international burden sharing, including resettling refugees, is also important, but will only be a lasting solution if all governments agree that human rights must be at the center of all current and future policies.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Survivors describe how they flee persecution in Burma only to fall into the hands of traffickers and extortionists, in many cases witnessing deaths and suffering abuse and hunger, interviews with officials and others make clear that these brutal networks, with the complicity of government officials in Burma, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Malaysia, profit from the desperation and misery of some of the world's most persecuted and neglected people.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The discovery of these mass graves should shock the Thai government into shutting down the trafficking networks that enrich officials but prey on extremely vulnerable people.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Thailand's friends abroad should not be fooled by this obvious sleight of hand by the junta leader to replace martial law with a constitutional provision that effectively provides unlimited and unaccountable powers.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
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