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Thailand presses for UN probe of border landmines
Online Reporters, Published on 06/12/2025
» Thai Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow has asked the United Nations to establish a special investigation into the spread of landmines along the border, allegedly planted by Cambodia and causing a series of injuries to Thai soldiers, stressing there must be no more victims.
Thailand links UN credibility to solving landmine problems
Online Reporters, Published on 05/12/2025
» Thailand has lobbied the UN anti-landmine agency to pay serious attention on the spread of landmines along the border with Cambodia as the issue will test the credibility of the office and the convention banning the devices.
FM to raise border mine concerns
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/12/2025
» Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow is in Geneva this week for the 22nd Meeting of States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.
Ministry raises anti-torture law awareness
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom, Published on 03/12/2025
» Two years after the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act came into force, officials at the Rights and Liberties Protection Department (RLPD) under the Justice Ministry say the challenge now lies in ensuring every state official understands both the letter and the spirit of the legislation.
Carbon taxes part of new Thai climate law
Published on 02/12/2025
» The cabinet has set out plans for carbon taxes and an emissions trading system under Thailand’s first formal climate change legislation.
Wanted activist is extradited to Vietnam
News, Published on 02/12/2025
» A Vietnamese activist granted refugee status by the UN has been extradited to Vietnam, where he faces a decade in prison, his lawyer said on Monday.
Push to reopen North Korean abduction case
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 02/12/2025
» A human rights group is calling on the Thai government to revive efforts to resolve the case of Anocha Panjoy, a Chiang Mai native abducted by North Korean agents in 1978.
Thailand extradites Vietnamese activist
Published on 29/11/2025
» Thai authorities have extradited Vietnamese activist Y Quynh Bdap after the Court of Appeal upheld the extradition order, despite warnings by human rights groups that he could face torture in Vietnam.
Thailand urged to drop defamation charges against Australian journalist
Published on 27/11/2025
» Thai authorities should drop criminal defamation charges against Australian journalist Murray Hunter, who is being prosecuted for his reporting on Malaysia’s media regulatory agency, Human Rights Watch stated on Thursday.
Appeal court approves extradition of Vietnamese activist
Published on 26/11/2025
» The Court of Appeal has approved the extradition from Thailand of a prominent Vietnamese activist who was granted refugee status by the United Nations, in a case that is being watched by numerous international human rights groups.