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Thailand's new constitution set to enshrine coup d'état
Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang Under Thailand’s new constitution, the military does not have to carry out a coup d’état; the coup has already been written in to law. Last Saturday, the...
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Thailand’s empty promises on enforced disappearances
Andrea Giorgetta August 30 marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Thailand has not been immune to enforced disappearances. Over the past two years, two United Nations...
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Military intimidates red shirt man in northern Thailand
Military officers paid a visit to an anti-establishment red shirt man in northern Thailand, asking his opinions on Thailand’s new draft constitution.According to the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights...
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Interrupted normalcy of everyday lives in Thailand’s restive Deep South
Thaweeporn Kummetha Constant military search checkpoints are one example of an originally obtrusive element that has become common in everyday Deep South life. These checkpoints block an entire lane...
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Court dismisses charges against Phuketwan journalists sued by Thai Navy
A provincial court in southern Thailand has dismissed defamation charges against two journalists accused of defaming the Royal Thai Navy for reporting an allegation that ‘Thai naval forces’ were...
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COP21 Climate Change Conference Puts Focus on Thailand’s Carbon Pollution...
John Draper On August 26th Khon Kaen University was visited by a joint EU-French delegation consisting of Mrs. Luisa Ragher, Deputy Head of EU Delegation, and Mr. Pierre Colliot, Counsellor for...
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3 Choices of ‘Thai Democracy’ given by the junta
The decision of the National Reform Council (NRC) to vote for or against the charter draft on 6 September 2015 is a pivot point on where Thai politics would turn. At the end of the line, however,...
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More clashes, more talks, but no protection
Burma Partnership As talks over the signing of a nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) continue, with another meeting planned for later this month, the Burma Army continues to attack various ethnic...
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Thai authorities revokes passport of prominent anti-junta politician
The Thai authorities has revoked the passport of Chaturon Chaisang, a well known Phue Thai Party politician known of his criticisms against the Thai junta and the new charter draft.According to BBC...
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Burma: Protect, not target, gay people
Human Rights Watch Burma’s government should publicly condemn grossly discriminatory remarks by a regional official about gay men and transgender women, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to...
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Red shirt gets 2 years, 6 months imprisonment for uploading lese majeste...
The Appeal Court sentenced an elderly anti-establishment red shirt man once believed to be the mastermind of an anti-monarchy Banpodj Network to five years imprisonment during an in camera hearing. At...
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Court tells Isan villagers accused of trespassing to relocate for special...
A provincial court in Isan, Thailand’s Northeast, told villagers in a disputed area to leave their homes to make ways for the construction of Special Economic Zone (SEZs).According to the Thai Lawyers...
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4 get lifetime jail for shooting grenade into PDRC protesters in 2014
The Criminal Court sentenced four people accused of shooting grenades into People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) protesters in early 2014 to death, but reduced the sentence to life imprisonment....
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Review: Freelance life as lethal as Red Bull mixed with coffee
Asaree Thaitrakulpanich Usually, I’m a pretty hard worker. I can type and type into the AMs before crashing and going to class or work the next morning, no problem. But after watching Freelance: The...
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Thai junta forbids red shirt to organise seminar on new constitution
The Thai junta has prohibited an anti-establishment red shirt group to organise a discussion on the 2015 Constitution Draft, saying that the group would propagate false information to malise the...
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Military and police prevent anti-junta gathering in downtown Bangkok
Kongpob Areerat At least 100 police and military officers prevented an anti-junta gathering ahead of the of National Reform Council (NRC)’s vote on the new charter in central Bangkok, saying that it...
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Legal Opinion of the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights on the Draft Constitution...
Thai Lawyers for Human Rights 5 September 2015, the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) has the following legal opinions concerning the Draft Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand which is tabled...
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Thai military bans seminar on controversial historical figure
Thai Military and police officers stormed into a seminar about a Thai historical figure and forced the organisers to cancel the event, saying that it might be illegal under the volatile political...
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Democracy activists say junta only want to maintain its power after charter...
An anti-junta activist group has urged the junta to step down after the 2015 charter draft was rejected on Sunday, saying that the junta only wants to hold on to its power.The New Democracy Movement...
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Deep South court dismisses charges against 2 rangers accused of killing 3...
The Appeal Court in the restive Deep South of Thailand has dismissed murder charges against two paramilitary officers one of whom confessed of killing three children in early 2014. According to...
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