Unending Repression Under Thailand’s Military Junta

Expand Soldiers line up for voting in general election at a polling station in Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday, March 24, 2019. Nearly five years after a coup, Thailand was voting Sunday in a long-delayed election that sets a military-backed party against the populist political force the generals overthrew. © 2019 AP Photo Since Thailand’s military seized power on May 22, 2014, the country has faced unending repression of fundamental rights and freedoms. Five years after the coup, Thailand is nowhere near the “return to democratic, civilian rule” the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)…

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