Human Rights Watch argues Thailand’s government should stop bringing trumped-up criminal charges against human rights lawyers to harass and retaliate against them. Since the May 2014 military coup, Thailand deals with an ongoing human rights crisis. Instead of upholding the rule of law, the Thai junta is undermining it by prosecuting lawyers for doing their jobs defending clients and reporting abuses by the authorities.
Human Rights Watch argues Thailand’s government should stop bringing trumped-up criminal charges against human rights lawyers to harass and retaliate against them. Since the May 2014 military coup, Thailand deals with an ongoing human rights crisis. Instead of upholding the rule of law, the Thai junta is undermining it by prosecuting lawyers for doing their jobs defending clients and reporting abuses by the authorities.
