14 05 2021
It is reported that yet another anti-government political prisoners has the virus. According to lawyer Noraset Nanongtoom, his client Panupong Jadnok has tested positive while in prison.
Panupong has been refused bail several times since being detained on 8 March 2021for lese majeste and other charges resulting from an anti-government/anti-monarchy rally on 19-20 September 2020.
And, he’s only one among thousands who are now infected in a hopelessly underfunded and overcrowded prison system.
After activist Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul was bailed and revealed she had contracted the virus in prison, Corrections Department director-general Aryut Sinthoppan was forced to finally confirm that there were 2,835 infections in two Bangkok prisons.
Prachatai reports that Thai Lawyers for Human Rights tweeted that, on 6 May 2021, Srinakharinwirot University student activist Siraphop Phumphuengphut has been "denied bail and detained pending trial on a section 112 charge.". He also faces a sedition charge. The court ruled that his case was serious, involving the monarchy and national security. The public…
savage and vindictive higher-ups.
Kritsadang revealed that:
he visited Parit on 28 April and spoke to him through teleconference. During the visit, Parit told Kritsadang that he has
not been able to sleep, his skin is dry, and that he suffers from nausea and fatigue.
Blood was also found in his stools, but he has not been sent to the Medical Correctional Institution to have his condition assessed.
The court exhibited a
Meanwhile the “Department of Corrections has denied that Parit’s condition has worsened…”.
The ruling to deny bail was “signed by judge Tawan Rodcharoen. Judge Tawan delivered the verdict in the Joe Gordon lèse majesté case in 2011.” Joe had repeated bail requests denied. When he finally agreed to plead guilty and he was sentenced to 5 years.
Ratsadon bail denied yet again
published : 30 Apr 2021 at 09:08
6 Student activist Benja Apan from the student activist group United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration on Thursday scatters copies of letters demanding the release of seven co-leaders of the Ratsadon group at the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Road after no one from the court came out to receive one. Arnun Chonmahatrakool
The Criminal Court on Thursday again rejected the bail requests of seven co-leaders of the Ratsadon group.
The protesters lawyer Krissadang Nutcharas said the court stood by its previous decision to refuse bail, as well as a similar rejection by the Appeal Court.
Activist Parit hospitalised on day 46 of hunger strike
Correction officials feared detained pro-democracy protest leader could go into shock
published : 30 Apr 2021 at 19:26
54 An ambulance arrives at Bangkok Remand Prison to take detained protest leader Parit Chiwarak to Ramathibodi Hospital on Friday. (Thai Lawyers for Human Rights photo)
Protest leader Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak has been admitted to Ramathibodi Hospital for treatment of deteriorating health from a hunger strike that has reached 46 days.
His hospitalisation came a day after Corrections Department officials rebutted online rumours about Mr Parit s health, saying he and fellow hunger striker Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul were not in danger.