The campaign to expel Amnesty International should be seen as a warning to other non-governmental organisations as the government pushes for a law to “regulate” them, the human rights group said on Wednesday.
Kyle Ward, the Amnesty International deputy secretary general, said the call to expel the organisation in Thailand could be linked to the draft law on the operations of not-for-profit organisations.
Amnesty International was one of several local and international organisations opposing the move.
“The targeting of Amnesty is taking place against a backdrop of a growing intolerance for human rights discourse among Thai authorities,” he said in a…
