Thailand - Thailand's Gen. Prayut – a new “Predator of Press Freedom”

Reporters without borders

Media freedom has declined dramatically in Thailand in the ten months since a military coup in May 2014. What with interrogations of journalists, raids on leading news organizations and plans for draconian legislation, the military government is subjecting the media to constant harassment. The latest outrage is Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha threat to “execute” journalists who don't toe the line. Reporters Without Borders condemns the government's policy of controlling and intimidating the (...)

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