Thursday, September 11, 2014

Thailand: Sandwich eaters among targets of crackdown 100 days after military takeover...

Hundreds of arbitrary detentions, torture, sweeping restrictions on freedom of expression and unfair trials in military courts are creating a climate of fear in Thailand Amnesty International said today (11 September) in a new report.

The 65-page report, 100 days under Martial Law, is the first comprehensive investigation into Thailand’s human rights situation since the military imposed martial law on 20 May, seizing power two days later.

Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Director Richard Bennett said:

“Three months since the coup, a picture emerges from our investigations of widespread and far-reaching human rights violations perpetrated by the military government.

“It has become part of the military government’s modus operandi to crack down on the smallest forms of dissent, such as wearing T-shirts that could ‘promote division’ or reading certain books and eating sandwiches in public in symbolic protest against military rule.

 “Thailand has international human rights obligations that cannot be ignored in the name of ‘national security’ – current restrictions on freedoms are far too sweeping.”
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