UN rights chief frets at Prayut's new powers
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Four core media bodies have expressed alarm over the military regime's power to ban media invoked under Section reports, 44 of the interim charter, and called on the junta to define the order's scope. They are the Thai Journalists Associa- tion (TA), the National Press Council of Thailand, the Thai Broadcast Journalists Association, and the News Broadcasting Council of Thailand Section 44 of the interim charter, which was invoked on Wednesday to replace martial law, gives the military the power to deal with lese majeste offences, threats to national security, possession of firearms and ban media reports deemed to affect national security Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who is also the National Council for Peace Order (NCPO) chief, signed the order after the King approved an end to martial law The four media organisations yesterday called urgent meeting at the TJA and an issued a joint statement which said the power to ban media reports violates the media's freedom of expression more than martial law The order empowers the military's peace-keeping officers to ban presenta tions, sales and dissemination of news reports and publications that cause public fear, or distort information caus ing misunderstandings and affecting national security Those who disobey or violate their orders, or resist or obstruct officers, face a jail term up to a year and/or a fine of up of to 20,000 baht The media bodies said Section 44 gives e military sweeping powers without set ting out clear criteria on which reports rep resent threats to national security
UN rights chief frets at Prayut's new powers
POST REPORTERS
Four core media bodies have expressed alarm over the military regime's power to ban media invoked under Section reports, 44 of the interim charter, and called on the junta to define the order's scope. They are the Thai Journalists Associa- tion (TA), the National Press Council of Thailand, the Thai Broadcast Journalists Association, and the News Broadcasting Council of Thailand Section 44 of the interim charter, which was invoked on Wednesday to replace martial law, gives the military the power to deal with lese majeste offences, threats to national security, possession of firearms and ban media reports deemed to affect national security Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who is also the National Council for Peace Order (NCPO) chief, signed the order after the King approved an end to martial law The four media organisations yesterday called urgent meeting at the TJA and an issued a joint statement which said the power to ban media reports violates the media's freedom of expression more than martial law The order empowers the military's peace-keeping officers to ban presenta tions, sales and dissemination of news reports and publications that cause public fear, or distort information caus ing misunderstandings and affecting national security Those who disobey or violate their orders, or resist or obstruct officers, face a jail term up to a year and/or a fine of up of to 20,000 baht The media bodies said Section 44 gives e military sweeping powers without set ting out clear criteria on which reports rep resent threats to national security
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