Human rights
Civil and political rights
Asian Nations Vow to Reduce Number of Stateless People
Asia-Pacific nations have pledged at talks in Bangkok to take steps, including legal reforms, to tackle statelessness, a key issue in the region.More than half of the world’s 10 million people who are stateless live in Asia, with at least 1 million of them Rohingya ...
Court tosses suit against 5 'violators'
The Chiang Mai district court on Tuesday (Dec, 25) threw out a lawsuit against five people, including a prominent academic, who were charged in connection with an illegal political assembly in July of last year. The dismissal of the lawsuit was based on Order No.22/2018 ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Myanmar's Rohingya panel head refutes criticism by outgoing secretary
The chairman of an international panel set up by Myanmar to advise on the Rohingya crisis has rebutted criticism by the body’s former secretary, saying the panel is effective and the government has acted on its recommendations.Former Thai foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai, who last year ...
