Thailand: New Government Disregards Rights

Expand Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha arrives for a group photo with his cabinet members at the government house in Bangkok. © 2019 Vichan Poti/Pacific Press/Sipa USA via AP Images (New York) – The new Thai government’s policy statement fails to provide a pathway for restoring respect for human rights after five years of military rule, Human Rights Watch said today. Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha will present the policy statement for his second term in office on July 25-26, 2019. “Prime Minister Prayuth’s second term is starting with the same blanket disregard for human…

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