Ghent | The 12th Asia-Europe People Forum

We were so proud to be apart of the 12th Asia Europe People's Forum ( AEPF 12) in Ghent, Belgium during 29 September - 1 October 2018. The Asia-Europe People’s Forum, has been a strategic gathering of Asian and European civil society networks pursuing democratization and human rights, and social, economic and climate justice. The discussions and exchanges will result in an AEPF-Statement to be presented by AEPF-representatives at the beginning of the 2018 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)-summit, scheduled to take place in Brussels on 18-19 October 2018.

We had a great discussion during open space workshop on " Unending repression, promised election and restoration of democracy in Thailand"  We also engaged the participants in our campaign on "Free and fair election in Thailand".  

This opportunity, we urged international community to put pressure on the Thai military government to lift the restrictions on civil and political rights so that upcoming national elections can be free and fair.

Thank you Asia Europe People's Forum (AEPF) and Stiftung Asienhaus for having us. A huge thank you to everyone who participated in the open space discussion.

Many thanks to  Praphakorn Wongratanawin for lovely pictures

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Stand up to the regime

Thank you to all for standing up to the regime and made the voice heard outside No 10 Downing Street in London during junta leader Gen.Prayuth Chan-ocha's meeting with Prim Minister Theresa May on 20th June.

We hope that the coup leader returns to Bangkok with a clear understanding to put highest priority on human rights in Thailand.

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Freedom of speech to be protected

Everyone has the right to freedom of speech

Free speech is one of the most fundamental of all human rights. International Women's Day is an opportunity for women around the world to celebrate the progress that has been made in realizing human rights – unfortunately, Thailand has little to celebrate.

This is another year, we took this day to stand in solidarity with all those fearless women in Thailand by joining Million Women Rise to raise awareness about the crack down on free speech for women in Thailand 

Almost four years after the coup, the all-men junta still arrests and prosecutes critics of the government, bans political activity, censors the media, stifles freedom of speech, persecutes human rights and women’s rights defenders, silences lawyers and academics, and forces the whole population to live under the threat of a tyrannical government.

Happy International Women's Day! Thank you to everyone who joined us

Download the leaflets on Discrimination and violent against women in Thailand

Solidarity with Women Human Rights Defenders

Thailand Human Rights Campaign UK joins #MillionWomenRise march

London, Saturday 11, March 2017, THRC UK once again joined Million Women Rise- the 10 year anniversary on the march. Million Women Rise are an organisation dedicated to highlighting the continuation of all forms of violence against women. In this year, we were there to raise awareness about women human rights defenders in Thailand who face risks as a result of their work to promote human rights, gender equality, environmental justice and democracy. Thousand of women walked together to mark International Women's day from Duke Street in Central London (Next to Selfridges's), via Oxford Street to Trafalgar Square for a rally. 

The rally at the end of the march was held in Trafalgar Square, and featured many diverse speakers and performers. We also set up the stall to expose our #ProtecHer campaign to tell more detail about the issues. We had a great time and good opportunity to be a part of Million Woman Rise (MWR) march. A big thank you to MWR for doing such a great job.

Our stall at Trafalgar Square

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Event: Stand up for Human Rights in 2016