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People in western provinces urge authorities to scrap motorway project
People in the western provinces of Thailand urged the authorities to halt a project to build a motorway, connecting a province adjacent to Bangkok to the western coast, out of environmental concerns on...
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Deep Southerners urge all parties to abstain from violence, be honest in...
The latest research conducted by a think tank based in Thailand’s restive Deep South shows that most people in the restive region are in favor of the peace talks. However, they urged the Thai...
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Thai authorities never learn lesson on Thailand's restive Deep South: experts
Thaweeporn Kummetha The Thai state barely learned the lessons on the conflict of Thailand’s restive Deep South, voiced experts and locals during the event to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the...
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Burma's army flexes its muscles in political purge
Burma Partnership In a dramatic development on the 12 August 2015, Parliamentary Speaker, Shwe Mann was ousted from his position as Chair of the ruling party, the Union Solidarity and Development...
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Thai junta stresses security in Bangkok under control
Asaree Thaitrakulpanich Gen Prayuth Chan-o-cha on Tuesday afternoon expressed condolences for the losses from Tuesday’s evening bomb at a popular shrine in Bangkok’s shopping district, while stressing...
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Thailand: Deadly bomb attack in Bangkok
Human Rights Watch The bomb attack that occurred in Bangkok’s commercial district on the evening of August 17, 2015, was a callous act of violence against civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. No...
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Story of Sasiwimon: Mother of two given 28 years by military court
Thai Lawyers for Human Rights In two separate cases, military courts on 7 August handed down the harshest Article 112 (lèse-majesté) sentences yet. That morning, the Bangkok court slapped a man,...
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Thai military intimidates anti-mine villagers in northern Thailand over...
The military officers in northern Thailand have attempted to prevent a group of villagers from submitting a complaint to the provincial governor, saying that the act might breach the Public Assembly...
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Northern locals outrage at governor’s secret meetings to build controversial...
An anti-dam committee in Northern Thailand submits complaints in response to their provincial governor’s secret meetings to construct controversial dams in the area. Villagers in Saaeab subdistrict,...
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Lower Sesan 2 Dam jeopardizes lives of millions of Cambodia’s river dwellers
Kongpob Areerat With an increasing need for energy, the Royal Cambodian Government has spent nearly a billion US dollars on a hydroelectric dam that it claimed was necessary for industry. However, the...
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“Bike for Mom” a triumphant tour de force for palace-military alliance
John Draper The August 16 ‘Bike for Mom’ cycling event personally sponsored and led by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn set a world record – with 294,863 registered, of whom 146,266...
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Ultra-royalist misses seat in National Human Rights Commission
The Thai lawmakers have decided not to appoint an ultra-royalist as one of a new commissioners of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) due to his tainted financial records.On Thursday, 20 August...
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Thai Police send lèse majesté suspect to psychiatric hospital before indictment
A man accused of lèse majesté for making false claims about the King’s property has been sent to a psychiatric hospital after three months of pre-charge detention. According to the Thai Lawyers for...
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Two arrested for lèse majesté over false claims about the monarchy
Thai police have arrested two lèse majesté suspects accused of making false claims about the monarchy for financial gain.According to Khaosod News, Pol Col Pairoj Rojjanakhajorn, Director of Section 2...
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Landless villagers in Isan continue to suffer from land reclamation
The people of Thailand’s northeast, or Isan, continue to suffer from the Thai junta’s forest protection policies despite the authorities’ confirmation that there would be no evictions from protected...
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Renowned royalist Sulak accused of lese majeste
A Thai military officer filed a lese majeste complaint against Sulak Sivaraksa, a renowned royalist and political science scholar known for his firm stand against the lese majeste law, for allegedly...
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Deep South’s victim tortured to death to be compensated, but no prosecution made
The court in the restive southern Thailand ordered a security unit to provide compensation for the family of the Deep South violence victim who was tortured to death, but none of the security officers...
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Electronic jihadists from Tunisia attack Thai websites
Websites of at least three Thai state agencies have been hacked by a group believed to be from Tunisia, who claim to be acting for Muslim people in Myanmar.On Sunday night, 23 August 2015, websites of...
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FCCT Statement: Detention of Hong Kong journalist covering Erawan bombing
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) In a week in which two Hong Kong residents were killed and six injured by the Erawan shrine bomb, the professional membership of the Foreign...
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Burma: Discriminatory laws could stoke communal tensions
Human Rights Watch President Thein Sein of Burma should refuse to sign into law two pieces of legislation that violate fundamental rights, Human Rights Watch said today. On August 21, 2015, the joint...
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