Southeast Asian MPs urge international community to monitor potential dissolution of largest party in Thai parliament
JAKARTA, 13 June 2024 – ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) call on the international community to monitor, and take…
Thai reformist party to back rival after PM vote defeat
BANGKOK, THAILAND — The reformist party that won Thailand’s recent election said Friday it would back a rival candidate to…
Thai court jails teen over ‘crop top’ royal insult
BANGKOK, THAILAND — A Thai court sentenced a teenager to 12 months in prison for royal defamation Thursday over a…
Thai govt calls for calm after reformist’s PM bid fails
BANGKOK, THAILAND — Thai caretaker prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha called for calm Thursday after a popular progressive candidate’s bid to…
Thai reformist Pita’s PM bid crashes on establishment opposition
BANGKOK, THAILAND — Thai reformist leader Pita Limjaroenrat’s bid to become prime minister ended Wednesday, despite his party winning the…
Thailand’s Pita says unlikely to be PM after suspension from parliament
BANGKOK, THAILAND — Thailand’s constitutional court suspended reformist Pita Limjaroenrat on Wednesday, in another blow to his hopes of becoming…
Thai reformist suspended from parliament in fresh blow to PM bid
BANGKOK, THAILAND — Thailand’s constitutional court suspended reformist Pita Limjaroenrat on Wednesday, in another blow to his hopes of becoming…
APHR asserts Thai people’s right to genuine democracy amid second PM vote
The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), in a bid to support the democratic aspirations of the Thai people, has…
What is Thailand’s royal defamation law?
BANGKOK, THAILAND — Thailand’s monarchy is protected by one of the world’s toughest defamation laws, making any criticism of King…
Thai reformist faces second uphill battle in bid to become PM
BANGKOK, THAILAND — Reformist Pita Limjaroenrat will again ask Thailand’s parliament to endorse him as prime minister Wednesday but with little…