OPINION

Repression gains ground across Asia

News, Pimsiri Petchnamrob, Published on 08/02/2016

» The charges brought against Sirikan Charoensiri, of Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), one of the lawyers representing 14 student activists charged with sedition, are indicative of not only the deteriorating human rights situation in Thailand, but also an alarming regional trend of reprisals against human rights defenders and activists in the region.