Jul 11, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
11 July 2025, GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over ongoing judicial proceedings against Thai woman human rights defender Pimsiri Petchnamrob, calling on the Government to drop charges against her and other human rights defenders who participated in...
Jan 30, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line
30 January 2025, GENEVA – Thailand’s continuous use of lèse-majesté laws to detain and imprison activists and human rights defenders is gravely concerning, a group of UN experts* said today, urging authorities to repeal or significantly revise the country’s criminal...
Oct 23, 2024 | News, Statements
24 October 2024, GENEVA – Human rights experts* said today they were deeply troubled that the imminent expiration of the statute of limitation for the killing of 85 people by Thai security officials in the 2004 Tak Bai incident would end ongoing attempts to hold those...
Oct 16, 2024 | News, Statements
16 October 2024, GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* said today they were deeply troubled by a Bangkok Criminal Court decision to extradite refugee and human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap to Viet Nam and urged that the case be reconsidered. “If extradited, Mr....
Mar 25, 2024 | News, Top-line
GENEVA (25 March 2024) – UN experts* today expressed alarm over the use of Thailand’s lèse-majesté laws to convict and sentence human rights defender and lawyer, Arnon Nampa. Arnon Nampa is a founding member of Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR). He has provided...
