Thai military authorities force broadcast reporter off the air
November 17, 2014 11:24 AM ET
New York, November 17, 2014--Military authorities in Thailand have forced the suspension of a broadcast reporter for violating orders under martial law that bar critical reporting on the country's ruling junta, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists...
Thai journalists, news outlets in the line of fire
January 21, 2014 2:08 PM ET
Bangkok, January 21, 2014--The state of emergency imposed today by Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinwatra threatens to curb media coverage of recent anti-government protests in the national capital, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. The decree was passed in the...
Press stuck in crosshairs of Thai protests
December 9, 2013 11:54 AM ET
Bangkok, December 9, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on both Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's government and opposition groups to respect the role of the press in the lead-up to elections scheduled for February 2. Both sides have failed...
First step to justice in Fabio Polenghi's killing
May 29, 2013 10:59 AM ET
EDITOR'S NOTE: A court in Thailand ruled today that Italian photojournalist Fabio Polenghi was shot and killed by a bullet fired by a soldier during a government crackdown on street protesters on May 19, 2010. The inquest ruling established...
Small attack on Thai newspaper has large implications
May 13, 2013 1:22 PM ET
To head off rising tensions between supporters of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and cartoonist Somchai Katanyutanan, who faces possible criminal defamation charges for critical comments he posted on his personal Facebook page, Thailand's government has to make sure police...
CPJ welcomes reversal of Thai documentary ban
April 26, 2013 11:49 AM ET
Bangkok, April 26, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the decision by Thailand's Ministry of Culture to reverse its earlier imposed ban on the locally produced documentary Fah Tam Pan Din Soon (Boundary). "The ministry's reversal of its censorship order against director...
Censors ban political documentary in Thailand
April 25, 2013 12:48 PM ET
Bangkok, April 25, 2013--Thailand's Ministry of Culture has banned the locally produced documentary Fah Tam Pan Din Soon (Boundary) on grounds that it could "mislead and disrupt public order," according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the...