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Doubts cast on Deep South suspect died in custody
Doctors say they found no physical injuries on the body of a suspected insurgent who died in custody in the Deep South, but the suspect’s wife maintains that her husband died from ‘unnatural’ causes.On...
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Latest lese majeste ruling ‘unlawful’: Thai Lawyers for Human Rights
The Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) has pointed out that the legal procedure under the Military Court leading up to the verdict handed to a single mother convicted under the lese majeste law is...
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Yingluck barred from visiting Japan with her son
The Supreme Court has once again prohibited Yingluck Shinawatra, the former elected Prime Minister from the Pheu Thai Party, from travelling abroad.According Voice TV, the Supreme Court’s Criminal...
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Academic calls for special tribunal for coup-makers and accomplices
An independent academic has suggested that the coup-makers and their accomplices should face a special tribunal once the country returns to civilian rule.Prach Panchakunathorn, a former lecturer of the...
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Red-shirt given life sentence for arson: interview
The Supreme Court sentenced to life imprisonment a northeastern red shirt leader convicted of arson, committed in response to the violent crackdown on red shirts in Bangkok. The red-shirt tells...
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Mining operator urged to drop lawsuit against high school student
Child rights organisations have urged a gold mine operator in Thailand’s northeast to drop a criminal defamation lawsuit against a 10th grade student for allegations that the company polluted her...
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Military officers visit Thammasat academic
Military officers visited a well known Thammasat University academic, saying that from now on he has to ask for permission from the junta before traveling overseas.According to Matichon Online, at...
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Court rejects request to release Rajabhakti activist taken from sickbed
The criminal court has rejected a request from an anti-junta activist to free a fellow activist held at an unknown location while the National Human Rights Commission has pressed the authorities to...
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Thai government must encourage public scrutiny
Thai Netizen Netowork 1. The more active citizens Given the public curiosity that there could be corruption in the construction of the Rajabhakti Park, and if so, who among the government officials,...
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400,000 migrant workers in Thailand at risk of deportation
A civil society group providing assistance to migrants in Thailand has stated that nearly 400,000 migrants are currently at risk of deportation while human trafficking problems are still endemic. On...
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Bike for Dad plot lawyer sues junta back
A lawyer representing a Bike for Dad plot suspect sued the Thai junta’s law officers and a police officer back after the offices have launched a criminal defamation complaint against her. Benjarat...
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Military court bails embattled Rajabhakti activist
The Military Court has granted bail to a Rajabhakti activist who was taken from his sickbed and held at an unknown location for five days.According Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), the Military...
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Police summon 11 activists for violating political gathering ban
The Thai police have issued summon letters for at least 11 Rajabhakti activists for violating the Thai junta’s political gathering ban. Chanoknan Ruamsab, one of the key leaders of the New Democracy...
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Rajabhakti Park activists aim to sabotage government: Thai junta spokesman
The Thai junta’s spokesman has claimed that activists demanding an investigation into the Rajabhakti Park scandals aim to sabotage and discredit the government.According to the Thai News Agency, Col...
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“Bike for Dad” a triumphant tour de force for palace-military alliance?
John Draper The December 11 Bike for Dad’ cycling event was personally sponsored and led by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. The event attracted 99,999 people (registered) in...
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Voices of southern landless peasants: life even tougher under the junta
Taweesak Kerdpoka This article investigates why the Khlong Sai Pattana community in Surat Thani Province has occupied a deforested protected area taken from a palm oil plantation corporation after its...
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Another Rajabhakti park activist reportedly held incommunicado
One of the activists demanding an investigation into Rajabhakti Park has reportedly been taken and held incommunicado by the Thai authorities.Chatmongkon Wanli, a 21-year-old activist, who was earlier...
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A state of madness
James L Taylor This article was first published at New Mandala, a specialist website on Southeast Asia based at the Australian National University’s Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs.The...
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Why can’t we have 'tuk-tuk democracy': Junta’s NRSA member
After Thailand’s Miss Universe beauty pageant contestant was awarded best prize for national costume, a member of the junta-appointed National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) said perhaps we should...
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Trial of red shirt accused of sedition for defaming junta leader halted
The Military Court has halted hearings in the case of a red shirt accused of sedition for defaming the junta’s leader because of disputed jurisdiction on the case.The Military Court of Bangkok, on...
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