Oct 23, 2024 | News, Statements
24 October 2024, GENEVA – Human rights experts* said today they were deeply troubled that the imminent expiration of the statute of limitation for the killing of 85 people by Thai security officials in the 2004 Tak Bai incident would end ongoing attempts to hold those...
Oct 16, 2024 | News, Statements
16 October 2024, GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* said today they were deeply troubled by a Bangkok Criminal Court decision to extradite refugee and human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap to Viet Nam and urged that the case be reconsidered. “If extradited, Mr....
Mar 25, 2024 | News, Top-line
GENEVA (25 March 2024) – UN experts* today expressed alarm over the use of Thailand’s lèse-majesté laws to convict and sentence human rights defender and lawyer, Arnon Nampa. Arnon Nampa is a founding member of Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR). He has provided...
Mar 13, 2024 | Communications, Top-line
The Special Rapporteur and other special procedures sent a communication to the Government of Thailand concerning the long-term sentence of 50 years in prison recently handed down to Mr. Monghkon Thirakot, which appears to be in retaliation of his political activism...