Thailand: Deepening Repression of Rights

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Pro-democracy demonstrators display the three-finger resistance symbol in Bangkok, Thailand, June 24, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit (New York) – The Thai government further repressed basic rights and cracked down on the youth-led democracy movement in 2021, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2022. “Thai authorities have prosecuted dissenters, violently dispersed peaceful protests, and censored news and social media,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “Respect for human rights in Thailand has gone from bad to worse while the…

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