Thai PM Seeks Confrontation, Not Reconciliation

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: June 10, 2010

The Abhisit Vejjajiva administration in Thailand has made a number of symbolic gestures in recent days which are being viewed as a “reconciliation bid” following the killings of protesters in Bangkok over the past several months.  However any search for substance behind the plan makes it appear more like a bid for confrontation. The authorities […]

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Thailand Lacks Creditability to Investigate Bangkok Killings

By Robert Amsterdam | Published:

The following press release was distributed via wire from Paris this morning. Thailand Lacks Creditability to Investigate Bangkok Killings Paris, June 10, 2010 – The panel established by the Thai authorities to investigate the violence against protestors in Bangkok over the period March to May lacks impartiality and independence, according to Robert Amsterdam of law […]

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Thailand Has Violated Human Rights

By James Kimer | Published: June 7, 2010

In a blog post at New Mandala, the human rights activist Kwanravee Wangudom has published a response to an op/ed in the Bangkok Post which asserted that the government of Thailand had not violated human rights in the violence against protesters in April and May. Finally, the author criticizes the government rightly about its poor […]

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Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs Responds to Statement on War Crimes Investigation

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: June 4, 2010

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Thailand has published a statement on their web site which makes reference to a press release from our law firm.  In the interest of free and open debate, we are reproducing the statement in full below without additional comment. MFA responds to media enquiries about Amsterdam & Peroff’s statement […]

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CIA and Prosecution Falter on Kazakhgate

By James Kimer | Published: June 3, 2010

It’s hard to say what is more disgusting:  that President-for-life Nursultan Nazarbayev has taken hundreds of millions in bribes, that his New York bagman James Giffen doesn’t deny passing along $78 million of these bribes, or that the CIA and prosecutors are so inept that still haven’t been able to set a trial date in […]

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The Hyperreality of Thai Propaganda: A Response to the Nation

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: June 1, 2010

An editorial published today in the government-controlled Thai newspaper The Nation makes reference to my work and that of my colleague, lawyer Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops. Apart from the usual attacks, untruths, and libel that accompany intense political cases, the article aims to preemptively disqualify the results of our investigations into human rights abuses and war […]

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The Soft Underbelly of Siberia

By Robert Amsterdam | Published:

The leadership of the Russian Federation is all too often willing to openly identify the United States and NATO as its #1 enemy in leaked (on purpose, of course) security doctrines.  The idea that NATO actually has coherent plans to harm Russian interests is amusing to anyone familiar with the internal dysfunction of the organization, […]

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WSJ: Thai Authorities Could Face “Embarrassment” of War Crimes

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: May 31, 2010

From the Wall Street Journal: Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is launching a charm offensive in an effort to win over the political middle ground after the worst political violence in modern Thai history, saying he is more interested in securing peace than holding onto power. But the aftermath of May’s bloody street battles and […]

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Statement: War Crimes Expert Joins Investigation of Bangkok Deaths

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: May 30, 2010

The following is the latest press release on our firm’s work in Thailand. WAR CRIMES EXPERT JOINS INVESTIGATION OF BANGKOK DEATHS BANGKOK, May 31, 2010: International war crimes expert Professor GJ Alexander Knoops has joined the international legal team investigating the Thai Government’s killing of 80 pro-democracy demonstrators and onlookers in Bangkok in May and […]

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Thailand and the Criminalization of Dissent

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: May 25, 2010

Over the past two months, Thailand’s Abhisit regime has opened fire with live ammunition on the Red Shirt pro-democracy demonstration in Bangkok, killing at least 88 of its own citizens and injuring more than 1,800, including foreign journalists and onlookers. In a desperate bid to escape international condemnation for these unlawful killings, Abhisit is trying […]

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