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Amnesty International urged Thailand’s House of Representatives on Tuesday to grant amnesty to individuals accused and detained solely for political activism, including offenses related to the lèse majesté law. This appeal comes ahead of the parliament’s vote on a new amnesty law intended to address criminal offenses linked to political activities. Chanatip Tatiyakaroonwong, Amnesty International’s [...]

UN experts on Friday voiced concern over ongoing judicial proceedings against Thai human rights defender Pimsiri Petchnamrob, urging the Thai government to drop all charges against her and other human rights defenders involved in pro-democracy protests. The experts also urged authorities to revise and repeal lèse-majesté laws, as they restrict freedom of expression and peaceful [...]

Amnesty International on Friday condemned a recent amendment to the Cambodian Constitution approved by the National Assembly that permits the revocation of Khmer citizenship, warning that it could be weaponized to silence dissent and leave individuals at risk of statelessness. Amnesty International’s regional research director Montse Ferrer stated: Revoking citizenship often violates human rights, and [...]

The Hong Kong government on Wednesday released an official document that proposes to establish a registration system for same-sex couples who were married or whose marriages are registered overseas. This document, released by the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, mandates that both partners must be of the same sex and at least 18 years old. [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to continue imposing sweeping tariffs on Thursday, granting an emergency motion to stay a lower court decision. The US Court of International Trade had granted a motion to block the Trump administration’s global tariffs on Wednesday. The trade court held that [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on separatist insurgents in Thailand’s southern border provinces to end all attacks on civilians and comply with international humanitarian law. This comes after reports of renewed attacks and escalating violence by separatist groups in the region. Reports show that separatist groups in Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and parts of [...]

UN special rapporteurs voiced concern on Wednesday over the scale of trafficking and human rights abuses related to “scam compounds” in Southeast Asia. They called for urgent international action to “protect victims and step up prevention efforts.” The joint statement stressed the severity of the current situation, stating that it “has reached the level of [...]

A Thai court on Monday issued arrest warrants for 17 individuals, including construction executives and engineers, on charges of felony negligence leading to death in relation to the collapse of a thirty-story skyscraper in Bangkok during the March 28 earthquake, according to local media. The partially built State Audit office tower crumbled within seconds after [...]

A California jury ordered NSO Group Technologies to pay WhatsApp $444,719 in compensatory damages and $167,254,000 in punitive damages on Tuesday. The jury found that “NSO engaged in malice, oppression, or fraud in violating the California Comprehensive Data Access and Fraud Act.” WhatsApp brought its complaint against NSO, an Israeli cybersecurity company, on October 29, [...]

Thai state prosecutors announced on Thursday they would not pursue royal defamation charges against an American political science lecturer at Naresuan University who was arrested on April 8 for allegedly violating Thailand’s lese majeste law, according to local media. The attorney general’s office said it had decided “not to indict” the individual, a 58-year-old man [...]