Fake Rights Group "Amnesty International" Openly Meddles in Thailand

The Bangkok Post would report in its article, “Amnesty International presses for dropping of charges against activists,” that:

Amnesty International has called for the government to withdraw charges against anti-government protesters and asked its own supporters to send letters backing the demand to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.  

The statement said the charges, which included sedition, should be immediately dropped.

The protesters include middle-aged lawyer Anon Nampa of the US government-funded front “Thai Lawyers for Human Rights” (TLHR). TLHR was funded under their full name by the US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in 2014 - archived here - and continue to receive money through the Union for Civil Liberty – as seen on the US NED’s own official website.

Amnesty International’s involvement in Thailand’s internal affairs and its rush to defend US-funded agitators is simply another set of foreign fingerprints left on the protests themselves. 

Anon Nampa and his organization are among ongoing anti-government protests’ core leadership with the US-funded front providing legal aid, promoting protests, and providing other forms of material support.

READ MORE: The Complete Guide: US Government Role in Thailand’s “Student Protests”

In other words – Anon Nampa – a foreign-funded agitator – is literally engaged in sedition – sedition that would not be tolerated in the US or UK from which Amnesty International is primarily based and from which it derives the majority of its funding and political backing.

Yet Amnesty – a foreign front – is directly interfering in Thailand’s internal affairs in defense of agitators likewise funded by foreign interests – and demanding those engaged in sedition be granted impunity from the rule of law.

If this seems like advocating for criminality merely dressed up as “human rights advocacy,” that’s because it is.

Amnesty International Enables Crimes Against Humanity – Not Prevents Them 

Amnesty International is funded and directed by the worst human rights violators of the 21st century including the US and UK governments – who with the 2003 invasion of Iraq alone – killed a million people, displaced millions more, and have created chaos across the entire Middle East as a result.

Amnesty International – taking funding from and helping enable the crimes of these Western governments – is merely a front advancing the policies of Western special interests under the guise of advocating for human rights.

It blatantly lies on its website claiming (emphasis added):

We neither seek nor accept any funds for human rights research from governments or political parties and we accept support only from businesses that have been carefully vetted.

By way of ethical fundraising leading to donations from individuals, we are able to stand firm and unwavering in our defence of universal and indivisible human rights. 

Yet throughout its various financial disclosures buried deep on its website, it is admittedly funded by both governments and political groups including corporate foundations run by convicted criminals.

In a 2010 disclosure (PDF) it admits (emphasis added):

The Directors are pleased to acknowledge the support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Oak Foundation, Open Society Georgia Foundation, the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Programme, Mauro Tunes and American Jewish World Service. The UK Department for International Development (Governance and Transparency Fund) continued to fund a four year human rights education project in Africa. The European Commission (EuropeAid) generously awarded a multi-year grant towards Amnesty International’s human rights education work in Europe.

Open Society is founded by convicted financial criminal George Soros – who while attempting to appeal his conviction, used “human rights” as his defense for what was blatant insider trading.