A Royal Dam Runs Dry
John Draper Today, April 5, is the birthday of Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya, the eldest child of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit. Unfortunately, this is also the week Ubolratana Dam, named...
View ArticleDeep South army officer died after alleged severe torture
An army officer in Thailand’s Deep South died a few days after he was reportedly tortured in a military base for committing disciplinary offences. The Manager Online reported on Monday, 4 April 2016,...
View ArticleHuman rights groups condemn NCPO Order 13/2016 and urge for it to be revoked...
(Bangkok, 5 April 2016) - Thailand must immediately revoke National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Order 13/2016 which confers sweeping powers on the Royal Thai Armed Forces in contravention of...
View ArticleFamily of soldier beaten to death refutes military claim
The Royal Thai Army says that a newly recruited private, who died yesterday after being brutally beaten by other soldiers, had reportedly used drugs. The family says otherwise. BBC Thai reported on...
View ArticleLand developer gets 12 years in prison for lèse majesté
A real estate dealer has been sentenced to 12 years in prison under the lèse majesté law for making claims about the former royal consort for business interests. On Tuesday, 5 April 2016, the...
View ArticleSix army officers to be jailed for beating new recruit to death
Six soldiers are to be jailed for beating to death a military recruit in the Deep South of Thailand.Thapanee Letsrichai, a journalist of Channel 3, reported via her Facebook profile on Wednesday, 6...
View Article6 scenarios for Thai politics: Predict the unpredictable ‘transitional period’
Kornkritch Somjittranukit Election? Another coup? People’s uprising? Where is Thailand heading? Academics have said that if the military decides to prolong its regime, a people’s uprising is...
View ArticleThailand is turning into Juntaland – and we are resisting
Pravit Rojanaphruk I have been detained and banned from travelling abroad for challenging militarisation. Those who refuse to kowtow to Thailand’s junta are paying the priceDeep down, Thailand’s...
View ArticleCensorship of journalist: RSF promises unprecedented “Streisand effect”
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Thai military junta’s censorship of Pravit Rojanaphruk, an outspoken journalist who has been denied permission to travel to Finland to attended a UNESCO...
View ArticleHuman Rights in Northeastern Thailand: An Assessment of the Situation...
Human Rights in Northeastern Thailand:An Assessment of the Situation Eighteen Months After the Coup After seizing power from the democratically elected government in the name of the restoration of...
View ArticleLINE Corp apologizes for stickers deemed caricature of royal family
Line Corporation has banned a cartoon sticker deemed lampoon of the royal family and issued apology for not “culturally sensitive”. Meanwhile, Thai police is searching for the stickers’ creators. The...
View ArticleHospital siege shows disunity among Deep South separatists: authorities
Prachachat Thailand’s head of the team engaged in peace talks with the Deep South independence movements says last month’s siege of Cho-airong Hospital shows disunity among the movement. However, this...
View ArticleProgressive law scholars denounce draft charter
A group of progressive law scholars has denounced the draft constitution, saying it will only prolong the junta’s rule.The Nitirat group, an association of progressive law academics known for their...
View ArticleReferendum to include motion on giving appointed senate right to approve PM
The junta-appointed lawmakers have voted to include a motion on the right of senators to vote to approve PM. On Thursday, 7 April 2016, 142 of 167 members of the National Legislative Assembly in...
View ArticleRights groups demand justice for disappeared Karen activist
Human rights advocacy groups urged the authorities to take actions against the prime suspects of the enforced disappearance of a Karen activist after two years of no progress. On Thursday, 7 April...
View ArticleFarmers in Chaiyaphum face eviction under junta’s order
Poor people across the country continue to be affected from the junta’s policy to reclaim protected area. The latest eviction is taking place against 800 families of six villages in northeastern...
View ArticleHead of soldiers beating draftee to death involved in earlier fatal torture
An army commander of six soldiers involved in beating a new army recruit in the Deep South to death, was promoted to his post despite the fact that he was involved in a fatal torture of a Deep South...
View ArticleSouthern land rights activist shot
An unidentified gunman shot an activist who is a key witness of a murder of a land rights activist in southern Thailand.Supoj Kansong, 42, a villager of Khlong Sai Pattana Community in Chai Buri...
View ArticleJunta’s brand new 7 days attitude adjustment camp to make you healthy (and...
Tired from work and a bad lifestyle? The junta’s brand new attitude adjustment camp, aimed at the nation’s leaders, will take you for a health check-up, and adjust you to a healthy lifestyle and, above...
View ArticleThailand bans Marie Claire magazine for lèse majesté
French edition of Marie Claire magazine has been banned because of an article related a member of Thai royal family. On Friday, 8 April 2016, the Royal Gazette published a police order to ban the...
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