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Human rights
Human rights classes in schools urged
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will ask the cabinet to introduce lessons about basic human rights in schools nationwide next year.Commissioner Prakairatana Thontiravong said the NHRC has produced a handbook for teaching youngsters about human rights and developed lessons on the subject. The content ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Senior monk among NHRC prize winners
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has named Phra Alongkot Tikkapanyo, a winner of its 2019 Human Rights award.The renowned abbot from Wat Phrabatnampu in Lop Buri province, is being recognised for promoting economic, social and cultural rights through his 20 years of providing care ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Rights group calls on government to stop arming civilians in Deep South
A student human rights advocacy group in Thailand’s Deep South, PerMAS, has called on the Government to stop arming civilians and to stop dragging them into the armed conflict between government officials and southern insurgents.In a statement issued today (Thursday), the group called on the ...
Thailand’s Government Slowly Moving to Stifle Free Speech
Thailand has slowly been moving to stifle free speech under Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha’s administration. Gen. Prayut was inaugurated in July following the transfer of power to a civilian government.Since an activist was arrested for allegedly posting “inappropriate content” on Facebook. Gen. Prayut’s ...
Concerns Being Raised About Thailand’s Human Rights Commission
Concerns are being raised after the resignation of two prominent human rights advocates from the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand.An alarm bell signaling the need for a total revamp of the flawed and scandal-ridden agency.Thailand’s Human Rights Commissioners Angkhana Neelapaijit and Tuenjai Deetes announced ...
Study examines links between Thai culture and cyberbullying
Chulalongkorn University and dtac recently joined hands to raise awareness of bullying in Thai society and to seek solutions to the growing incidence of cyberbullying in the country. A comprehensive research study, undertaken by Chulalongkorn University, has pinpointed strong links between aspects of Thai culture ...
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 ...
Human rights defenders at risk in Asia
‘In Asia, we are witnessing more and more human rights defenders being subjected to increasingly severe forms of violations, particularly killings, simply for defending human rights, ’says Sejin Kim, Programme Manager of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), during the launch of ...
Songkhla disseminates Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance
Songkhla has cooperated with the Southern Rights and Liberties Protection Office to continue to disseminate knowledge and understanding about the Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act.Deputy Provincial Governor of Songkhla Phairoj Charitngarm presided over the opening session of the workshop to disseminate knowledge and ...
Tewit Kemtong
Thailand moves to ease plight of asylum-seekers’ & refugees’ children
Seven Thailand government agencies have today (Jan 21) inked an agreement that will allow the children of refugees and asylum seekers to be freed from Immigration Detention Centres (IDC).The Memorandum of Understanding on the Determination of Measures and Approaches Alternative to Detention of Children in ...
John Le Fevre
