Unending Repression in Thailand 4 Years After Coup

Expand Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha salutes army officers at the Thai Army Headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand on September 30, 2014. © 2014 Reuters Four years after the Thai military seized power on May 22, 2014, Thailand is nowhere near what the ruling junta promised would be a rights-respecting, democratic country. The coup leader, Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-ocha, wields unchecked power with total impunity. Since the coup, the ruling National Council for Peace and Order has routinely enforced censorship and blocked public discussions about the state of human rights and democracy…

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