‘Neutral’ network set up to monitor referendum
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TWENTY-FIVE events related to the referendum have been cancelled and at least 20 people charged following their expressions of opinion concerning the charter draft, the legal watchdog Internet Law Reform Dialogue (iLaw) project manager Yingcheep Atchanont
The figures were revealed during a joint press conference held by seven human rights bodies and alternative news providers who announced the establishment of a new network to monitor the upcoming referendum on the charter draft.
The network “Referendum Watch Network” will monitor events during the critical run-up to Sunday’s referendum.
The seven organisations are iLaw, the Human Rights Lawyers Association, the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies (IHRP) of Mahidol University, the youth network We Watch, the Prachatai online newspaper, the advocacy group Thai Civil Rights and Investigative Journalism (TCIJ), and the online news agency Thaipublica.
