"Human Right"

The British government sounded a stern warning to, what it termed “human rights violators in the world” by announcing travel bans and freezing of assets of 11 Russian, Venezuelan, Gambian and Pakistani politicians and officials, on December 10, which marked International Human Rights Day.

International Commission of Jurists points out a series of missteps by the government, from making light of the disease, denying free tests and care to failing to provide social safety net to the vulnerable groups.

Angkhana Neelapaijit, former commissioner at the Office of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand, on Sunday said the 2004 Tak Bai tragedy in Narathiwat province, which took 85 lives, still haunts locals.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was slammed by netizens on Thursday (August 20) for the comments it posted on Facebook about the ongoing protests.

With pressure on the government mounting over the disappearance of political activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit, the Cabinet today approved the draft law on torture and enforced disappearances.

The Delegation of the European Union to Thailand joined up with Rights and Liberties Protection Department (RLPD) of the Thai Ministry of Justice to mark Human Rights Day on December 10 to put on a mixed media art exhibition to promote a constructive dialogue on human rights and human dignity.

I don’t claim to be an economist or to know what the best healthcare plan would look like. What I do know is the true story of a woman in the 1980s who died in Hawaii because the state would not give her the funds she needed for the operation to save her life, which would have had a 70 per cent chance of success. 

New York-based Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged the Lao government to investigate the disappearance of Thai political activists who were last seen in Vientiane. 

The Justice Ministry on Wednesday launched a project to dispatch mobile units to rural areas in five regions to help equip members of the public with knowledge about the law to boost their immunity against being taken advantage of or human right violations.

THE HUMAN Rights and Development Foundation has pledged to appeal against a court decision to acquit fishing trawler captain Prawit Kimsai over the enslavement of 15 migrants from Myanmar.

THE PATTANI provincial prosecutor has formally ended a criminal defamation case against Amnesty International Thailand chairperson, Pornpen Khongkachonkiet, and two other human rights activists, Somchai Homla-or and Anchana Heemmina.