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Ongoing use of repressive laws, Thai activist abducted, increased surveillance in the South
- Published at
- 22.07.2020
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- surveillance
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
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Activists and opposition face judicial harassment as emergency measures in Thailand raise concerns
- Published at
- 08.04.2020
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- protest disruption
- restrictive law
- harassment
- protest
- criminal defamation
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Activists, lawyers and critics continue to face harassment and defamation charges in Thailand
- Published at
- 29.11.2019
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- positive court ruling
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- private sector
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Civil society concerned about physical attacks and ongoing prosecution of Thai activists
- Published at
- 12.07.2019
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- women
- intimidation
- land rights
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Media censored, activists silenced and opposition weakened ahead of Thai elections
- Published at
- 21.03.2019
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- land rights
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
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Civil society calls for all restrictions to be lifted ahead of elections as persecution continues
- Published at
- 13.11.2018
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- internet restriction
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- criminal defamation
- environmental rights
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Critics of military junta continue to be criminalised
- Published at
- 07.09.2018
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- protest
- positive court ruling
- restrictive law
- refugees and migrants
- positive CS development
- attack on HRD
- HRD acquitted
- intimidation
- travel ban
- negative court ruling
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- labour rights
- HRD prosecuted
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Thai junta continues repression nearly four years after coup
- Published at
- 17.05.2018
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- environmental rights
- private sector
- protest
- positive CS development
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
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Military junta violates and restricts citizens' rights to peaceful assembly
- Published at
- 22.02.2018
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- surveillance
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- HRD prosecuted
- time,place restrictions
- environmental rights
- extractive industries
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
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Lèse-majesté laws used to silence dissidents
- Published at
- 31.10.2017
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
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Intimidation, prosecution and detention: closing spaces for dissent in Thailand
- Published at
- 29.09.2017
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- labour rights
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- criminal defamation
- HRD detained
- private sector
- extractive industries
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- non state actors