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Single internet gateway increases IT capacity and national security: Thai...
Thailand’s telecommunication authorities have admitted that a plan to reduce internet gateways down to one is for ‘national security’, but added that it will also boost the country’s IT capacity to...
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[Thailand] A wake up call to the media community
Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) The 16 September resignation of Pravit Rojanaphruk, senior reporter of The Nation and acerbic critic of the coup government of Thai premier Gen Prayut Chan-ocha...
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EU calls Thailand to restore democracy and freedom of speech
The European Union Delegation The EU Delegation reaffirms the EU's strong commitment to the Thai people with whom the EU has strong and longstanding political, economic and cultural ties and people to...
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Southern villagers protest Thai army’s land expropriation plan
Villagers in southern Thailand protested against the military’s proposal to turn parts of a wetland into battle practice ground. According to Thairath News, about 100 villagers in Khlong Thom Tai...
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Thai authorities block live-broadcast of anti-junta protest in New York
The Thai authorities have admitted that they blocked websites and facebook pages of the anti-establishment red shirt not to allow them to broadcast the anti-junta protest at the UN Assembly.According...
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Military, criminal court disagree over sedition charge of anti-junta politician
The military and criminal courts have disagreed about the jurisdiction over the case of a well-known embattled anti-junta politician charged with sedition and defying the junta’s order.On Monday...
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Pro-coup monk to organise mob to US Embassy in Bangkok
A pro-coup Buddhist monk known for leading the anti-election mobs prior to the 2014 coup d’état has urged the US and Human Rights Watch, a human rights civil society group, not to touch Thailand’s lese...
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8 anti-election protesters indicted for blocking 2014 advanced voting
Prosecutors have indicted eight anti-election protesters for barricading Bangkok’s election venues during advanced voting in the election in early 2014.At the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Road,...
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The Burma army must respect a "free and fair" election
Burma Partnership A request from the Burma Army to issue army personnel as polling station officers across 15 polling stations within military compounds in Zeyathiri Township has been denied by an...
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Thai Education Ministry withdraws funding for non-Thai children
A civil society group has pointed out that the Thai authorities’ policy to provide financial support for the education of only children of Thai nationals is a violation of children's rights. On...
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Police warns govt web attackers could face 5-years jail
The Thai police has threaten to charge attackers of government websites to protest the single internet gateway plan with the computer crime law.At around 6 pm on Wednesday, 30 September 2015,...
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Thailand must prosecute officers for Imam’s killing
Human Rights Watch Thai authorities should investigate and appropriately prosecute a junior officer implicated in the torture and killing of a Muslim cleric in 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. The...
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Southeast Asia NGOs issue Cebu Declaration on Freedom of Expression and form...
Lawyers from five countries in Southeast Asia have met in an historic conference in Cebu, Philippines to form a common front against the repression of freedom of expression in the region. One of their...
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Ultra-royalists rally at US Embassy to support lese majeste law
An ultra-royalist organisation and a pro-coup monk have organised rallies in front of the US embassy in Bangkok, calling the US and human rights groups not to criticise the lese majeste law and to send...
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Internet gateway plan threatens online freedoms in Thailand
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) An initiative in Thailand to create a single government-controlled gateway for international Internet traffic represents a clear danger to online freedoms, the...
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Thai authorities still pushing ahead with single internet gateway plan
Despite the recent cyber-attacks on government websites from netizens opposed to the single internet gateway, the Thai authorities say that they will continue to study its feasibility.On Thursday...
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Military court suspends jail term for yellow-shirt lese majeste convict
The Military Court has for the first time in history suspended the jail term for a pro-establishment yellow shirt lese majeste convict, accused of publishing a false royal statement.The Military Court...
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Application Errors
Harrison George People not getting jobs is becoming a regular feature of the news.First ultra-royalist Boworn Yasinthorn failed in his bid to become a National Human Rights Commissioner, where one...
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More than half a million ethnic minorities given free public healthcare
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has included more than half a million more people in the free public healthcare system as of October 2015.According to Post Today News, Surapong Kongchantuk, Chair...
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Renowned historian’s 1988 book Siam Mapped draws crowds, new interpretations
Asaree Thaitrakulpanich 27 years later, a renowned historian’s 1988 groundbreaking book on Thai royal nationalism and geography is still garnering new interpretations and discussion. Thongchai...
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