human rights
PROTESTER IS ‘DISAPPEARED’ ON EVE OF ROYAL CREMATION
MILITARY DETENTION OR A TRIP TO THE RIVER KWAI Concerns have been raised over he safety of a critic of the Thai monarchy, who was seized yesterday by the Thai military on the eve of the lavish cremation ceremonies for the late Thai King Bumiphol Adulyadej. Ekkachai – file photo Ekkachai Hongkangwan, a market trader, […]
STACEY DOOLEY PLEASE COME BACK TO THAILAND…STACEY? ARE YOU THERE?
CAN THE BBC’S ‘HEART OF GOLD’ SOFTEN THAILAND’S STRONGMAN? Stacey Dooley Versus General Prayuth Chan-Ocha I have been playing ‘catch-up’ recently viewing television programmes about Thailand aired in the UK while I was away. This is eased by the fact that there are so many channels repeating old progammes – so this weekend I was […]
LEAVE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS ALONE- THAI MILITARY GOVERNMENT ASKED
The current Thai military government claims it is on a drive to end corruption but seems unwilling to stem corruption within its own ranks. Now they’re being asked or told to leave human rights defenders alone – and the Thai government claims it is improving human rights in the fishing industry and clamping down on […]
FINNS TO TESTIFY IN ANDY HALL HUMAN RIGHTS TRIAL
LOSING FACE TO SAVE FACE IN THAILAND Lest we forget; the continuing persecution of Briton Andy Hall, who was part of a team which exposed ill-treatment of Burmese workers employed by the the Natural Fruit Company in Thailand, continues this Thursday. Andy Hall helped write the report ‘Cheap Has a High Price’ for Finnwatch. But […]
THAILAND UNDER SCRUTINY – HRW STATEMENT
The more things change – the more they stay the same. Will the United Nations see through Thailand, or at least its government? While the Thai military may have profited from human rights abuses, particularly in regard to human trafficking, it’s not as if this is something new. Thailand has been active and profiteering for […]
NO MORE KIDS GLOVES ON WWW.ANDREW-DRUMMOND.COM – COMING TOMORROW
Tomorrow here on andrew-drummond.com the gloves are off! Will more foreigners put themselves at risk of Thailand’s antiquated criminal libel laws and ill conceived Computer Crime Act. Or will the supporters of some basic human rights issues win the day. Is Thailand entering a judicial black hole or will the authorities get to see themselves […]
Foreign Office Minister on Andy Hall – Thai Government Cannot Interfere with Judicial Process
Hugo Swire, British Minister of State for the Foreign Office, has stated that although Embassy officials had spoken to official of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Thai Government cannot interfere with the judicial process in Thailand. The question was put by M.P. Kerry McCarthy in relation to the attempted prosecution of human rights […]
