Thailand
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Tailandia: Liberan bajo fianza a una figura del movimiento prodemocracia
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Thailand: prison overcrowding crisis exacerbated by COVID-19
In less than a week, Thailand’s Department of Corrections has reported over 11,000 new COVID cases in 13 of the country’s prisons. When the daily number of new COVID-19 cases reached a record high for the entire country on Monday, May 17, 71 percent of the 9,635 new infections reported were in pris…Source — The Diplomat
Thailand: Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison
Parit Chiwarak, 22, was charged in February with sedition and defaming the monarchy for his role in leading demonstrations. Parit’s lawyer requested bail for him and three others charged with the same offences, but the court denied it. Corrections officials at Pathumthani Detention Center north of…Source — Washington post
Thailand: activists protest against human rights violations in women’s prison
The group, led by Ploy Dechwongsa and Kornkanok Khumta, held up signs saying “unchain political prisoners” and “this is all they can do to us” in front of the Central Women Correctional Institution. They also read a statement calling for the Department of Corrections to follow the International Cov…Source — Prachatai
Tailandia: deben retirarse los cargos injustificados y poner en libertad a personas que se manifestaron pacíficamente
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Thailand bets on prisons to boost tourism
Thailand plans to turn about half its prisons into tourist attractions to boost visitor numbers as the Southeast Asian nation struggles to recover from an economic slump caused by the coronavirus outbreak.Source — Jakarta Post
Thailand: student project seeks more ‘humane’ design of Bangkok prison
BANGKOK — A university is working with a prison to help tackle overcrowding and unhygienic conditions that have stalked the Thai corrections system for years. In a joint project by King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi and Thonburi Remand Prison, architecture students are asked to come u…Source — Khaosod English
Thailand: restorative justice, an alternative tool for resolving prison overcrowding
Thailand Institute of Justice hopes that Restorative Justice will prove to be the crucial tool needed to resolve issues of prison overcrowding and congestion in the court system and reintegration of victims and offenders into the community.Source — Bangkok Post
Thailand: Man electrocuted as he tries to escape from prison
A Thai prisoner died early Tuesday after being electrocuted by high-voltage barbed wire as he attempted to escape, police said. Wiwat Aksorsom, 32, broke free from his cell just after midnight along with two other prisoners and tried to scale the six-metre (20-ft) walls of his prison in southern Su…Source — BFMTV
Thailand: "dans les prisons, on est traités comme des animaux"
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Libération
Thailand: prisoners get help to go straight
New scheme gives assistance to ex-convicts to break cycle of reoffending .Source — Bangkok Post
Thailand : New anti-torture committee greeted with skepticism, criticism
As Thailand has delayed passage of legislation to criminalize torture and enforced disappearances, a committee created by the junta leader to investigate the matter met for the first time Monday. The committee, chaired by Justice Minister Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana, was set up under Gen. Prayuth Chan-o…Source — Khaosod English
Thailand: Phuket juveniles riot as ‘teen kingpins’ moved to prison
Officers at the centre, located on Sakdidet Rd, called for backup at about 4pm after they found they could not contain the youths, who were smashing windows and tearing apart the dormitory and other areas in the youth detention facility. Phuket City Police led by Deputy Commander Lt Col Nikorn Chut…Source — The Phuket News
A prayer before dawn review – kickboxing Thai prison epic goes the full Midnight Express
Based on the true life account by Billy Moore, Jean-Stephane Sauvaire’s bloody, brutal film follows a British drug addict as he fights for survivalSource — The Guardian
Thaïland: lifting the bar on inmate welfare
It is easy to imagine Kobkiat Kasiwiwat as a school administrator when he talks of the specialties of his “students”.Source — Bangkok Post
Thailand: yoga knows no prison
Women inmates find a different form of release while waiting for the gates to open Dozens of female prisoners slowly stretch their limbs during a relaxing yoga class at Bangkok’s Klong Prem Central Prison. “I feel calm listening to the instructor’s voice, and as my muscles unwind, my heart lifts,”…Source — The Nation
Dans les prisons thaïlandaises, "les femmes sont battues à coups de canne"
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — Libération
Thailand : Thai prisons violate human rights, report says.
Prison conditions contravene UN treaties barring torture and stipulating minimum prisoner rights, group says. Thailand’s prisons fail to meet international standards with inmates routinely shackled, beaten, and stuffed into overcrowded cells, an international human rights group said. Thailand also…Source — Aljazeera
Thailand: report calls for urgent prison reforms
Paris, Bangkok - Thailand’s ongoing failure to enact comprehensive prison reforms has created conditions for human rights violations to be rife in its prison system, FIDH and UCL said in a new report published today. The report, titled “Behind the walls – A look at prison conditions in Thailand aft…Source — FIDH
Thaïland: rights group says Thai prisons fall short of world standards
Thailand’s prisons fail to meet international standards, with inmates routinely shackled, stuffed into overcrowded cells and forced to work in harsh conditions, an international human rights group said Tuesday.Source — Salon
Thailand: behind the wall, a look at conditions in Thailand’s prisons after the coup
Thailand’s prison population has steadily increased over the years and the country has the dubious distinction of having the largest prison population and the highest incarceration rate among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states.Source — FIDH
Thailand separates LGBT inmates, considers segregated prison
Theerayut Charoenpakdee was terrified when police stopped her outside a mall in Pattaya, a Thai resort famous for its sordid nightlife. A urine test on the spot revealed meth coursing through her veins.Source — The Denver Post
Thailand : free Somyot, arbitrarily detained for 2,000 days
[Press Release] Thai authorities must immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender Somyot Phrueksakasemsuk, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (an FIDH-OMCT partnership) reiterated today.Source — FIDH