Human rights in Thailand

Thailand was among the first countries to sign the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and seemed committed to upholding its stipulations; in practice, however, those in power have often abused the human rights of the Thai nation with impunity. From 1977 to 1988, Amnesty International (AI) reported that there were whitewashed cases of more than one thousand alleged arbitrary detentions, fifty forced disappearances, and at least one hundred instances of torture and extrajudicial killings. In the years since, AI demonstrated that little had changed, and Thailand's overall human rights record remained problematic.: 358–361  A 2019 HRW report expanded on AI's overview as it focuses specifically on the case of Thailand. When the newly formed government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha assumed power in mid-2019, Thailand's human rights record showed no signs of change.: 7–8 

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