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BANGKOK, 11 September 2017 (NNT) - Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has affirmed the government's commitment to protecting human rights via its justice system, creating equality and reducing social conflict.Prime Minister Gen Prayut-Chan-o-cha delivered a keynote address on mobilizing human rights policies for 2018-19 according to the Thailand 4.0 agenda
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Turkish police detained 12 people, including the Turkey head of rights group Amnesty International, Idil Eser, and other rights activists at a meeting on an island near Istanbul, media said on Thursday.They had gathered at a hotel on Buyukada island, just south of Turkey's largest city, when
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CHIANG MAI, 20 December 2016 (NNT) - More than 10 organizations on migrant workers’ rights in the North of Thailand organized a meeting in Chiang Mai to mark the occasion of International Migrants Day on December 18th.Members of the organizations shared their reports on the current situation concerning migrant workers’
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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has banned the parading of suspects at police news briefings, saying the practice could violate human rights.The order was made after Gen Prayut reviewed a report on human rights violations between July 23 and 29, compiled by the Rights and Liberties Protection Department of the Justice
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A National Human Rights Commission’s subcommittee Sunday called on the Thai government to provide legal status to 69 abandoned Myanmar children under care of a non-governmental organization in Tak.Surapol Kongchanthik, chairman of the NHRC sub-committee on ethnic minorities and stateless people, made the call when he and his delegation visited
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Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus has said Turkey will suspend its duty to comply with the European Convention on Human Rights during the current three-month state of emergency following an abortive coup last week.Kurtulmus said the step was being taken "just like France has done under Article 15 of the
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At least two rights groups considered the United States' decision to upgrade Thailand in Trafficking in Persons Report as premature.They are the Washington-based International Labour Rights Forum and Southeast Asia-based Fortify Rights.Full story: The Nation
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BANGKOK, 16 May 2016 (NNT) - The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has praised Thailand for its efforts to improve the human rights situation.Permanent Secretary for Justice Chanchao Chaiyanukit led a Thai delegation to Geneva, Switzerland to submit a human rights report to the UNHRC for consideration last Wednesday.Read
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