
Joint statement from six organizations, including the May 18 Memorial Foundation... “Cumulative sentence of 34 years and 5 months, oppression must stop”
Six domestic democratic and human rights organizations issued a joint statement, calling for the immediate release and end to repression of Anon Nampa, a Thai human rights lawyer who has been sentenced to over 34 years of cumulative sentences for lese majeste.
AI-generated summary
Anon Nampa has been working as a human rights lawyer in Thailand since 2008, calling for reform of the monarchy, and is currently in prison on multiple charges of lese majeste.
(Gwangju, South Jeolla Province = Yonhap News) Reporter Min Hyun-ki = Domestic democracy and human rights organizations urged on the 11th, “The Thai government should stop suppressing Gwangju Human Rights Prize winner Anon Nampa and immediately release him.”
Six organizations, including the May 18 Memorial Foundation and the Buma Democratic Struggle Memorial Foundation, issued a joint statement on this day and said, "On the 30th of last month, the Thai court sentenced Anon Nampa to an additional 2 years and 8 months in prison for insulting the royal family. He has been imprisoned since September 2023 and has been convicted 12 times on related charges, bringing his cumulative sentence to 34 years, 5 months, and 20 days."
He continued, “Anon Nampa is being repeatedly convicted and subjected to long-term detention for demanding democracy and freedom of expression,” and emphasized, “It is a right for citizens to be guaranteed, not punished, to demand reform from the state and authorities.”
He also claimed, “The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention also judged Anon Nampa’s detention as arbitrary detention in 2024 and recommended his immediate release and revision of Article 112 of the Criminal Act,” adding, “Thai authorities must implement the recommendations of the international community.”
Anon Nampa has been working as a human rights lawyer and democracy activist in Thailand since 2008, calling for reform of the monarchy and constitutional amendment. After the Thai military coup in 2014, he defended human rights activists imprisoned for blasphemy and those who were brought to military court for protecting freedom of assembly, association, and expression.

Axios reported that the Trump administration has asked Russia to submit a draft of a new EU-Russia security agreement. The proposal came out of the Abu Dhabi tripartite talks, and Special Envoy Witkoff and Kushner are scheduled to visit Moscow and Dublin on the 12th to meet President Putin and President Zelenskyy.

Spanish workers held a general strike for the first time in 14 years to protest the housing shortage and skyrocketing rents. Labor groups such as UGT and CCOO and tenant associations participated, and work was halted in major industries such as ports, automobiles, and railroads. Police arrested more than 52 people. This strike was seen as a yardstick to gauge Prime Minister Sánchez's chances of winning two weeks before the early general election on the 29th.

Portugal's Foreign Ministry has expressed regret to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte for saying his country underestimates the threat from Russia. General Rutte mentioned that southern European countries perceive the threat as distant, but a NATO spokesperson explained that it was an emphasis aimed at the public.

HD Construction Equipment and South Korea's Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs unveiled a memorial wall at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa honoring 122 Ethiopian soldiers who died defending South Korea in the Korean War. The company covered all construction costs and plans a training center for young Ethiopians, including veterans' descendants.

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha met in Paris for their first face-to-face talks since Seoul recalled its ambassador over Ukraine's disclosure of two North Korean POWs transferred to South Korea. Cho stressed faithful implementation of agreements; Sybiha called for stable bilateral relations and invited Cho to Kyiv. No apology or concrete measures were announced.

On November 12 across decades, South Korea marked events including Park Chung-hee's 1961 Tokyo stop to normalize Japan relations, the 1992 groundbreaking of Incheon International Airport, the 2008 death of Judge Park Choon-ho, President Park Geun-hye's 2014 Myanmar summit visit, the 2015 Sewol ferry captain's life sentence confirmation, the 2016 Seoul protests demanding President Park's resignation, and the 2019 HDC Hyundai bid for Asiana Airlines.