Protection International (PI) started working in Thailand in 2007, at first with human rights defenders (HRDs) in the Deep South. In 2010, Protection Desk (PD) Thailand was established and has run since then with a local team.
Protection Desk (PD) Thailand has been working with and supporting local grassroots initiatives, organisations and HRDs at risk for defending economic, social and cultural rights, as well as civil and political rights and freedoms, including community rights in rural and semi-rural areas.
PD Thailand is also actively working with duty bearers and stakeholders: mainly local authorities and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), the Rights and Liberty Protection Department the National Commission of Human rights (NHRC), and the OHCHR.
PD Thailand is actively working with a number of organisations in regional and international level Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) and International Coalition for Women HRD. Indeed PD Thailand has become the focal point for information and strategic advice on issues concerning community based HRDs for INGOs such as Front line, ISHR, Urgent Action Fund for Women, FIDH, AHRC, FORUM-ASIA, APWLD.
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For Those Who Died Trying (TEDx)
Award-winning British freelance photographer Luke Duggleby tells the stories of people in Thailand who sacrificed their lives for their causes, who
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BBC World News "For Those Who Died Trying" photo project 2016
Protection International project "For Those Who Died Trying" commemorating the work and dedication of Thai human rights defenders on BBC World News
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Human Rights Defenders File Civil Case Against Thai Authorities for Overly Repressive Use of Covid-19 Laws On the morning of 26 May 2022, a group of Thai human rights defenders held a demonstration...
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Thai Civil Case on Disinformation and Smear Campaigns Against WHRDs Rescheduled On 10 and 11 May 2022, the Bangkok Civil Court held the first hearing for the case that human rights defenders...
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PI Signs Joint Letter to US President on Thailand’s Abusive Draft Law on Not-For-Profit Organizations Download the original joint letter here May 12, 2022 President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. The White...
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Criminal Court of Thailand Dismissed Case Against Environmental Rights Defender Vitoon Lianjamroon On 15 December 2021, the Criminal Court of Thailand reviewed and dismissed charges against the case...
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29 November & 10 December 2021 Interview with Pranom Somwong On the occasion of International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (29 November) and Human Rights Day (10 December) we asked some of...
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Concern regarding Seven Migrant Workers Arrested at Ministry of Labour despite Thailand Government’s Decision on Amnesty pending Regularization and Demand for Protection of the Right to Defend Human...
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Thai Provincial Court Finds Somphon Chimrueng Guilty for the Attempted Assassination of Land Rights Defender Dam On-muang Cover photo description: Mr Dam On-muang outside of the courthouse on 26...
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Briefing: Six Years After the Committee for the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights' (ICESCR) Recommendations What is happening in Thailand on the land, natural resources...
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Letter to the ASEAN to Urge the Myanmar Military Immediately and Unconditionally Release Thin Thin Aung & All Women Human Rights Defenders in Burma/Myanmar [5 May 2021] Protection International...
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On 25 March 2021, Protection International, together with ENLAWTHAI Foundation (EnLAW), Community Resource Centre Foundation (CRC) and Campaign for Public Policy in Mineral Resources (PPM) submitted...
