Is this a joke?

Human Rights - Like institutionalizing discrimination? Foreign women married to Thai men are granted a clear avenue toward citizenship, whereas foreign men married to Thai women aren't due to 'national security'. Those types of Human Rights are being celebrated mai?

connda Why would you want to change your citzenship to Thai? Because then you'd have no human rights at all.

Thailand has unlimited Human Rights....for the rich. You can kill policemen before holidaying in Singapore or making a career in the police farce. You can use slave labour, pollute the country with your mines and fertilizers. You can deforest and occupy national parks. You can plunder the public purse and increase fuel prices when the world price is plummeting. Best of all, your wrongdoings are protected by tailor-made LM and defamation laws: the only parts of the injustice system that function impeccably. They...the rich Thais... have good reason to celebrate Human Rights Day.

Edited December 13, 201411 yr by kalasiner

The world of make believe, celebrate it and it must be so...

They even gave themselves awards.

"Thailand always ensured that human rights were recognized and respected..."

No bounds to their outlandish lies.

that would be like me celebrating celibate day

It's pathetic....

Celebrating Human Rights Day: that's the one with Santa Claus, right?

Why are TV contributors startled seeing Thailand having a 'Human Rights Day'? Why not? As if one would need to actually 'have' something to celebrate it here! Thailand also has a special day for 'Democracy', and one for 'Revolution', it even has huge commemorating monuments for both, while there was NEVER anything close to a 'Democracy', or to a 'Revolution', in the Kingdom, so what...? Isn't there a 'Constitution Day', with its monument too? Even 'Labour Day' (a typical socialist ...and communist initiated event in the World) is on the festive calendar! And so many others, referring to far fetched unreachable concepts in this country...

Celebrating Human Rights Day: that's the one with Santa Claus, right?

Hey, my 3 year old believes in Father Christmas......

No hope for Thailand,just more of the same

They don't have the right to put 3 fingers in the air!

connda Why would you want to change your citzenship to Thai? Because then you'd have no human rights at all.

Dual citizenship. I'm simply tired of the sword of Damocles hanging over my head if some misfortune transpires in my old age that would create a situation where I was forced to leave Thailand and my family that I've supported all these years. I'm tired of being treated like a criminal, forced to continually report my presences and status. So yes, I would like citizenship so that I have some peace of mind and the ability to continuing supplementing my income with work that I can't presently perform and to provide for my family in a manner that is impossible for me to do at the moment. That's just basic Human Rights I asking for. The ability to care for my family who live here in Thailand, and none of whom have the desire to be ripped up the roots of the family to moved to the West.

Edited December 13, 201411 yr by connda

"Thailand has joined the worldwide celebrations of Human Rights Day..."

They finally found a way to shut me up. I'm at a total loss for words. .

Yes and Thailand will get together with the USA the 2014 award for respecting all human rights written in the UNO charter

Thai Army and CIA are the 2 organization who hold up the human rights in our world

"It was a bright day in April and all the clocks were striking thirteen"

The opening words of George Orwell's 1984.

The lies and deceit increase day by day, though there is some comic relief given the stupidity and lack of awareness involved.

Jayboy, at least there are some Thais who do get it. Dao Din was protesting at the NHRC ceremony. There is a report on khaosod.

ouch first Constitution day, then human rights day. Ironical month!

Connda Why not apply for residency. There are human rights and there are immigration rules and regulations, these are rules that you know and I know and not human right issues. Come on, I would like to buy land and build a house but the land law in this country prohibits it for foreigners. Rules are rules I'm afraid.

once again I am thankful I was not sipping my morning coffee when I read the headline

Hahahaha......I just mean.........Hahahahaha

Amja

Now that's a funny headline. I literally laughed out loud. Thanks for that.

Pretty much shows the kind of mentality one must deal with when living in Thailand. There is no logic or reason just pronouncement.

Off topic deflection posts have been removed.

The National Human Rights Commission of Thailand missed a great opportunity to celebrate this instead:

1984 was really about 1948 Britain.

This has been going on for quite some time...

I recently read a bloodcurdling document called 67 years of oppression in Thailand since 1947. It lists in chilling detail all the extrajudicial murders (11,135 souls more or less) of the murderous Thai Mafia State.

67 years is a good age to retire from politics, isn't it?

Happy Christmas reading for Thai Visa Members:

PDF English: 60-Years-of-Oppression-in-Thailand:

https://facthai.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/60-years-of-oppression-in-thailand.pdf

Alternate PDF English: UPD to world leaders Eng.pdf 3.57 MB"

http://www.awid.org/content/download/125304/1415046/file/UPD%20to%20world%20leaders%20Eng.pdf

PDF Thai: Thailand files for world leaders Thai.pdf 993.31 kB:

http://www.awid.org/content/download/125304/1415046/file/UPD%20to%20world%20leaders%20Eng.pdf

"In this document about the Land of Smiles we bring forward evidence, since 1947, of close to 11 000 people who, in one way or other, were assassinated in their struggle for democratic representation. For six decades the power elite in Thailand has done all it can to cover-up the trail of extra-judicial political killing it oversees with impunity, and it must be understood that the figure of 11 000 is probably less than half, or even only one third, of the actual level of sacrifice."

http://hirvikatu10.net/timeupthailand/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/A3-11135-2.jpg

Connda Why not apply for residency. There are human rights and there are immigration rules and regulations, these are rules that you know and I know and not human right issues. Come on, I would like to buy land and build a house but the land law in this country prohibits it for foreigners. Rules are rules I'm afraid.

Once set of rules for foreign women married to Thai men.

Another set of rules for foreign men married to Thai women.

That is discrimination based on sex which is a human right's violation in the eye's of the European Convention on Human Rights. Does that mean squat here in Thailand? No.

That was the initial point I made. Still is.

Thailand can eat my cheesy wiener. Human Right Day....

Somehow I get the feeling that actually they didn't expect anyone would have any interest in their celebration, perhaps because they didn't have any interest? Dunno. That said, I thought the use of the past tense in the 3rd paragraph by either the committee or the media was particularly rich icing on the human rights party time cake:

"NHCR Chairman Professor Amara Pongsapich said Thailand always ensured that human rights were recognized and respected, as seen in many political situations over the past few years. The NHCR successfully campaigned for human rights in Thailand since Thai people now realized the importance of human rights better. Thailand was committed to further improve the human rights situation and it was on its way to a better, equal society, said the chairman."

Edited December 15, 201411 yr by Shaunduhpostman