Thailand Must Repeal or Reform Emergency Legislation Immediately, Says Amnesty International

(Washington, D.C.) --Thailand must cease invoking the Emergency Decree and the Internal Security Act, as they flout international human rights law and standards, Amnesty International said today.   “Invoking these laws has become almost routine for the government," said Benjamin Zawacki, Amnesty International’s Thailand researcher.  “As a result, the extraordinary powers they grant to curtail human rights have often been abused to block the expression of peaceful dissenting views." The Emergency Decree and the Internal Security Act (ISA) were first invoked outside of Thailand’s