Thai reporters attend a press event in Bangkok, July 30, 2021.

Thailand Begins Crackdown on ‘Fake News’ Amid Rising Criticism of Govt

Media associations say new measures intend to restrict freedom speech during time of pandemic.

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha sprays hand sanitizer at journalists in an effort to avoid questions during a news conference in Bangkok, March 9, 2021.

Thai Press Groups Push Back against Govt ‘Crack Down’ on Journalists

2021-07-28

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha on Tuesday ordered agencies to prosecute journalists and others suspected of spreading fake news.

A freshwater Siamese crocodile, a critically endangered species native to Southeast Asia, is seen at Thailand’s Kaeng Krachan National Park in this undated photo.

UNESCO Adds Thai Park to World Heritage List, Amid Karen Rights Concerns

2021-07-27

Another U.N. agency has expressed concerns about human rights violations against indigenous people.

The body of Abdullah Esomuso, a suspected insurgent who died after falling unconscious while in military custody, is carried to a cemetery in the southern Thai province of Pattani, Aug. 25, 2019.

Thai Rights Commission Ends Probe into in-Custody Death of Suspected Southern Rebel

2021-07-26

Commission did not determine what caused Abdullah Esomuso to die in 2019 while in military custody.

Tom Andrews, the U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, speaks to RFA during a video interview, July 22, 2021.

UN Rapporteur Urges Myanmar Junta to Stop Attacking Healthcare Workers During Pandemic

Burmese military must also be made feel “there is no alternative but to stand down,” Tom Andrews says.

Health workers prepare to take away the body of a person who died on the street, possibly of COVID-19, in Bangkok, July 20, 2021.

Thais Furious With Govt After Possible COVID-19 Victims Found Dead in Streets

Thai association of doctors openly calls for Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha to resign for vaccine policy blunders.

Mean La, a Cambodian opposition activist living in Thailand, is photographed with her husband and their 1-year-old daughter.

Welcome to Thailand: Pandemic Impacts Tourists, Migrant-Workers in Starkly Different Ways

In vignettes, foreigners living in Thailand and locals tell stories about life amid COVID-19 outbreak.

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