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Leaders of Mekong Countries Must Listen to the People!
The Network of Thai People in Eight Mekong Provnices Leaders of 6 Mekong Countries Must Listen to the People!Listen to Downstream Communities. Stop All Mekong Dams. Implement Transboundary Impacts...
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Making Buddhism state religion in draft charter will help it pass referendum:...
A Buddhist network has submitted to the charter drafters a list of 100,000 supporters of a campaign to enshrine Buddhism as the state religion, saying it will help the draft constitution to pass the...
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Civil society condemns China for controlling Mekong
Kornkritch Somjittranukit China has controlled Mekong’s water level for more than two decades and it is ruining local people’s way of life in the downstream countries, said civil society. Previously,...
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Embattled northern villagers denounce Special Economic Zone
Villagers in northern Thailand facing eviction have denounced the seizure of land by the authorities for industries in a Special Economic Zone (SEZ).About 70 representatives of villagers from Tha Sai...
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Junta probe clears former army chief of royal monument graft
Khaosod English No trace of corruption or malfeasance was found in the construction of a royal monument overseen by former army chief Udomdej Sitabutr as widely alleged in media reports, a...
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Right to cultural education for Karen minority stalled
A Karen network is urging the authorities to continue a project to restore Karen culture in the educational system after five years without progress.On Wednesday, 23 March 2016, Surapong Kongchantuk,...
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Seriously?
John Draper On February 23, the NCPO published an infomercial attached to The Nation. Februuary 23 is admittedly some time ago. However, a high resolution scan has only recently come into my...
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Thai junta gets to select senate selection committee
After reserving six seats in the senate for military and police chiefs, the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) revealed that the junta will get to handpick the senate selection committee...
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UN says new charter should not provide impunity for NCPO
UN’s human rights office has stated that people must be able to participate in the drafting process of the new constitution and that the new constitution should not provide impunity for the military...
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Charges against southern anti-election protesters dismissed
The provincial court in southern Thailand has acquitted anti-election protesters accused of preventing 2014 election, ruling that all witnesses were defendants’ political oppositions. On Thursday, 24...
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Military to summon Pheu Thai MP over remarks against junta leader
The Thai military have informed a former politician from the Pheu Thai party that he will be taken in for an attitude adjustment session over remarks against the junta leader. Matichon Online reported...
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Military bans religious event, citing national security
Authorities prohibited an anti-coal power plant group in a northeastern province from hosting religious fundraising event, reasoning that it threatens national security. Transborder News reported on...
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Weepy propaganda play preaches to the choir
Asaree Thaitrakulpanich A military-sponsored major production doesn’t even bother to conceal its political propaganda in the form of a weepy stage play. The show seems to be a response to the popular...
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Military threatens to arrest family of Pheu Thai politician
Military officers cited absolute power to abduct a Pheu Thai party politician and reportedly threatened to arrest his family.Matichon Online reported that on Sunday, 27 March 2016, Watana Muangsook,...
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To love a (thought) criminal
Metta Wongwat Once I began to write, I realized that selecting the topic of the lives of the ‘beloved’ of Article 112 prisoners was not a very good idea. Relationships are never an easy matter — they...
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Personal information of foreigners living in Thailand leaks online.
Personal information about foreigners living in southern Thailand was leaked on a website with the logo of the Thai Immigration Bureau. The website was taken down after Thai media reported it. Thai...
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Stop the arbitrary detention of Mr. Worachai Hema and Mr. Wattana Muangsuk
Thai Lawyers for Human Rights On 26 March 2016, The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has ordered the military officers to arrest Mr. Worachai Hema, a former MP, at his residence. The...
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Anti-referendum offences can lead to 10 years in jail.
The draft referendum bill sets heavy sentences for denouncing the referendum or publishing polls predicting the result too close to voting day on August 7. The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT)...
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Military accuses Chiang Mai villager of sedition over red bucket
Thai military summoned a villager of the northern province of Chiang Mai for posting a picture of a red bucket with a signature of the controversial former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinnawatra on it and...
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‘Attitude adjustment’ to be made into course: Deputy junta head
The Thai junta has proposed to turn attitude adjustment sessions into a special course for politicians while the junta leader said that politicians who do not understand the regime should not be...
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