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Harit Mahaton: Literature is Freedom
Kritsada Subpawanthanakun At dawn on 27 April 2016, chaos unfolded among activists in the social media world, human rights activists and political observers. Information was shared over the internet...
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Open Letter from Cultural Activist for Democracy (CAD) to Gwangju Museum of...
Open Letter from Cultural Activist for Democracy (CAD) to Gwangju Museum of Art Regarding Sutee Kunavichyanont’s Participation in Exhibition ‘The Truth_to Turn It Over’ With regard to a Thai artist...
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Which passeth all understanding
Harrison George Well that was a right farce last Wednesday in Geneva, eh? Talk about a dialogue of the deaf.I am of course referring to Thailand’s starring role in the latest episode in the UPR saga...
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Draft charter only prolongs junta power: New Democracy Movement
Draft charter only prolongs junta power: New Democracy Movement The New Democracy Movement (NDM), a youth pro-democracy activist group, has faulted the junta-sponsored draft constitution, concluding...
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Get out of our country: Thai right wings to US Ambassador
The Thai right-wing political elite has raged at the US Ambassador after he publicly shamed the Thai Foreign Minister last Thursday. The right wing has also used nationalist discourse to gain public...
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Finance ministry to cut monthly stipend for senior citizens support
The Finance Ministry has proposed an austerity measure to slash out the monthly stipend for Thai elderly citizens whose monthly income is above 9,000 baht per month.Matichon Online reported that...
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Thai junta internet control has netizens concerned and afraid
Austin Silvan In light of recent concerns of online security, and after talks with an IT security specialist, it appears that Thai netizens should be more concerned with personal data breaches of...
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Bombing suspect reveals his torture marks, tearfully says ‘I’m not an animal’
The suspects of the deadly bombing at a shrine in Bangkok last year have shown the Military Court the marks on their bodies from being tortured. “I’m not an animal. I’m human. I’m human,” one of the...
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Defaming Prayut isn't sedition: military court
The Thai Military Court has dismissed a sedition charge against a red shirt who posted a rumour about the junta head, ruling that the post merely constitutes defamation, not the instigation of...
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Court orders govt to compensate Muslim Malay torture victims
The court has ordered a Deep South’s security agency to compensate two Muslim Malay, who were beaten and arbitrarily detained by the security force seven years ago. This is a very rare occasion where...
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Free discussion vital for referendum: EU delegation
The EU Delegation has urged the junta to allow free discussion on the draft charter, saying that free discussion is a prerequisite for political reconciliation. Werner Langen, Chair of the EU...
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Dissecting the T-O-R
Abu Hafez Al-Hakim The latest meeting of the Join Working Group - Peace Dialogue Process (JWG-PDP) , the official name of the ( unofficial ) peace talk between the Thai (military) Government (TmG)...
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Thailand: Government deceives international community at UN human rights review
International Federation for Human Rights Paris, Bangkok, 18 May 2016: The Thai government deceived the international community with regard to the real human rights situation in the country during the...
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Military court denies bail for two junta critics
MIlitary court has denied bail for the two junta critics who has been charged with lèse-majesté law, citing severity of the charge. On Thursday, 19 May 2016, the Military Court denied bail for Harit...
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Lessons learned by PDRC supporters 2 years after the coup
Kornkritch Somjittranukit To commemorate the second anniversary of the 2014 coup d’état, Prachatai presents interviews with some of those who had protested against the government and against...
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Anti-junta groups commemorate 2014 coup d’état
Minor skirmishes erupted between anti-coup and pro-junta groups as people gathered to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the 2014 coup d’état.On Sunday evening, 22 May 2016, about 500 people led by...
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Pro-junta group rallies in front of US Embassy
A pro-junta women’s group gathered in front of the US Embassy in Bangkok at 11:30 am on Monday, 23 May 2016, calling for the ouster of the US Ambassador to Thailand.The group of about 40 women calling...
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Interview with ANFREL, on charter referendum observation
Austin Silvan and Kornkritch Somjittranukit Fair access to information for voters, free access to a voting, fair ‘umpiring’ by the elections commission, and equal values of votes are among some of...
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Elderly teacher gets 3 months for giving flower to anti-junta activist
The Military Court has handed out a three-month jail term to an elderly teacher accused of sedition for giving a flower to an anti-junta activist.Matichon Online reported that the Military Court of...
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‘What’s The Point of Having a Military?’ Revisited: Security Sector Deform in...
John Draper Renowned Thai academic and social commentator Nidhi Eoseewong’s column titled What’s the point of having a military?, originally in Thai on Matichon Online, stirred up a veritable hornet’s...
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