Nontarat Phaicharoen

1 month ago | thailandtv.news | Nontarat Phaicharoen

By Nontarat PhaicharoenAfter an infamous case where police were filmed torturing a drug suspect who died, a Thai court in 2023 ordered police to implement measures under an anti-torture law, including videotaping interrogations and wearing body cameras during arrests. The police officers entangled in the 2021 case thought they had erased footage from a CCTV camera of their interrogation of suspect Jirapong Tanapat. But an officer leaked it to a lawyers’ group, which circulated it on social media.

1 month ago | benarnews.org | Nontarat Phaicharoen

After an infamous case where police were filmed torturing a drug suspect who died, a Thai court in 2023 ordered police to implement measures under an anti-torture law, including videotaping interrogations and wearing body cameras during arrests. The police officers entangled in the 2021 case thought they had erased footage from a CCTV camera of their interrogation of suspect Jirapong Tanapat. But an officer leaked it to a lawyers’ group, which circulated it on social media. Former Police Col.

1 month ago | benarnews.org | Mariyam Ahmad |Nontarat Phaicharoen

NGOs and opposition politicians blamed a spike in violence in Thailand’s Deep South on unclear governmental peace policies and stalled negotiations with rebels, after attacks by suspected insurgents killed six people and injured about a dozen others since Saturday. According to the Thai military, separate rebels in the mainly Malay Muslim southern border region were intensifying violence during the holy month of Ramadan, which began here on March 2.

1 month ago | globalsecurity.org | Nontarat Phaicharoen |John Pike

China has dismissed concerns from the US, UN and others that the deported Uyghurs face torture. By Nontarat Phaicharoen and Kunnawut Boonreak for BenarNews 2025.03.05 BANGKOK -- Thailand had received offers from three countries, including the United States, to accept 48 detained Uyghurs for resettlement but it instead deported most of them to China last week, at Beijing's request, a Thai opposition member of parliament said on Wednesday. Thailand repatriated 40 of the Uyghurs to China on Feb.

1 month ago | rfa.org | Nontarat Phaicharoen |Kunnawut Boonreak

BANGKOK – Thailand had received offers from three countries, including the United States, to accept 48 detained Uyghurs for resettlement but it instead deported most of them to China last week, at Beijing’s request, a Thai opposition member of parliament said on Wednesday. Thailand repatriated 40 of the Uyghurs to China on Feb.