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Thai navy accuses 55 people of land encroachment
The Royal Thai Navy has accused 55 people of illegally occupying public land in a touristic town of eastern Thailand. On 13 September 2016, the Information Office of the Naval Civil Affairs Department...
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Junta to appoint ‘front-line cabinet’ to deal with Deep South insurgency
In response to recent bomb attacks, the junta will establish a ‘front-line cabinet’ working directly under the junta’s supervision to resolve conflicts in Thailand’s restive Deep South. The junta is...
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Open letter to head privy councillor on philosophy of sufficiency economy,...
John Draper In Thailand, there is a long and distinguished tradition of citizens and non-citizens being able to petition the reigning monarch. This tradition leads dates back at least to the time of...
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The ghosts of Thai politics’ past
Catherine Yen Thailand’s political landscape seems haunted by figures, events and images that once symbolised progressive change. Such change arguably has not come, yet the same symbols linger on, in...
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Elderly man jailed for two years for selling lèse majesté book
The court has sentenced a bookseller to two years in jail for selling a banned book on the killing of King Ananda, a former king and older brother of the current King.The Southern Bangkok Criminal...
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[Thailand] Groups oppose proposed shift to state regulation of the media
Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) The military-appointed National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) is proposing a bill that will create a media regulatory body to impose additional regulations for...
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Courts to rule cases even when defendants absent
The Thai cabinet has passed a bill allowing courts to rule on cases where the defendant is absent. A human rights lawyer has argued the amendment aims to facilitate the prosecution of fugitive ex-Prime...
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Junta invokes S44 to establish ‘front-line cabinet’ in Deep South
The Thai junta leader enacted absolute power to establish a ‘front-line cabinet’ working directly under the junta’s supervision to resolve conflicts in Thailand’s restive Deep South.The Royal Gazette...
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Thai workers call for minimum wage increase
Workers in Thailand urged the authorities to raise the minimum wage nationwide.On 14 September 2016, about 100 people from the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC) and its networks submitted a...
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11-year-old violently hit til deaf by school director in Isaan
Not even a week after news of a mug-throwing teacher caused public outrage, a school director in Isaan has reportedly hit an 11-year-old to the point that the student became deaf. The director attacked...
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Fundamental(ist) handbook for de-coding, re-coding nine-Element signal of...
Verita Sriratana [SOS – Save/Slaughter Our Students]Photo from Fundamental's Facebook PageHow does one discuss the undiscussed and undiscussable past?How does one represent the unrepresented and...
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Killing you is LOL: theater explores 6th October’s mob mentality
Asaree Thaitrakulpanich A physical theater piece marking the 40th anniversary of the 6th October incident the explores its violent mob mentality.“Fundamental,” a physical theater piece performed by...
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Media sues Thai army over Rajabhakti park
Thaipublica, a news agency known for its investigations into corruption, has sued the Thai army over alleged irregularities in the construction of Rajabhakti Park.On 12 September 2016, the...
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Thailand: Impending verdict for labor researcher
Human Rights Watch (HRW) A Bangkok criminal court is expected to hand down a verdict on September 20, 2016, in the case of a British researcher for his work on labor rights abuses in Thailand, Human...
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Seminar on 2006 coup crashed by outraged audiences
A public seminar to commemorate the 2006 coup was abruptly aborted after audiences were outraged by a politician from the Democrat Party amid event organizers’ efforts to calm them down. On 18...
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Sister in law of junta leader accused of corruption
A political activist asked the Thai authorities to probe a sister in law of the Thai junta leader over the construction a dike named after her in northern Thailand. Meanwhile, a company with her son's...
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Junta’s return forest policy stampedes community rights
Wasu Vipoosanapat Environmentalists argue the junta’s forest reclamation policy is prolonging conflict over Thailand’s environment, by failing to balance the protection of Thailand’s forests with the...
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British labour rights activist gets 3 years suspended jail term
A Thai court has handed a three year suspended jail term to Andy Hall, a well-known British migrant labour rights defender, for defaming a canned fruit company.On 20 September 2016, Bangkok’s Southern...
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Police forbid commemoration of anti-coup suicide
Police officers and soldiers have prohibited commemorating the death of an anti-junta taxi driver who committed suicide after the 2006 coup d’état.At around 1 pm on 19 September 2016, many police...
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Thailand: verdict in Andy Hall case underscores need for defamation to be...
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)tional Commission of Jurists (ICJ) The ICJ expresses it disappointment with today’s verdict criminalizing the work of human rights defender, Andy Hall, and...
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