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Junta leader to amend constitution as King Rama X requested
The junta leader has announced that King Vajiralongkorn has asked for certain amendments of the constitution about the authorities of the King.On 10 January 2016, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, the junta...
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Imagined Communication
Harrison George The seminal Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson is one of those works which joins up dots you had never before thought were even on the same page. And hence the insights. It...
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Key red shirt leaders jailed for leading demonstration
Several prominent red shirt leaders have been sentenced to prison terms for leading a demonstration against the current head of Thailand’s Privy Council. On 9 January 2016, the Criminal Court announced...
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Bail for red shirt leader after sick in prison
A key red shirt leader has been released on bail, after he fell severely sick under Thailand’s prison conditions.On 10 January 2017, the Facebook fanpage of Jatuporn Prompan, a leader of the...
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Military forbids activities for detained anti-junta activist
The military has prohibited university lecturers and students to organise an event in support for an anti-junta activist accused of lèse majesté, saying that Thai people are still mourning for the late...
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Junta’s theme for Children Day ‘Land of Happiness under the King’s Knowledge’
The Thai military government has taken up the late King Bhumibol’s philosophy and knowledge as the main theme of the 2017 Children’s Day.On 11 January 2017, Col Thaksada Sangchan, Deputy Spokesperson...
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Junta’s unfussed over politician fears over death penalty
May Barth Thailand’s junta has shown itself unwilling to reconsider the installation of capital punishment under its Organic Act on Political Parties. Meanwhile it persists with a national...
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Dinosaurs take over Government House, symbolising Thai democracy
The junta’s installation of dinosaur statues at Government House for Children’s Day has backfired, drawing satirical comments that Thai politics is already haunted by ‘old dinosaurs’. Thailand’s...
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Activists head northeast to demand release of ‘Pai Daodin’
Anti-junta activists and others have travelled from Bangkok to Khon Kaen to campaign for the release of an anti-junta activist accused of lèse majesté.On 12 January 2016, members of Resistant Citizens,...
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Thailand: Rights crisis deepens under dictatorship
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Thailand’s military junta increased its repression and failed to restore democratic rule in 2016, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2017. A new constitution,...
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Constitution amended at King’s request, changing royal powers
Thailand’s junta-appointed parliament has passed amendments to the draft constitution, after the newly crowned King Vajiralongkorn requested changes to the section on royal prerogatives. On 13 January...
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Detention puts lèse majesté suspect’s education at risk
The mother of a jailed anti-junta activist has begged his university not to expel her son after a court refused to release the suspect to take his graduation exams. On 12 January 2016, Prim...
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Pai Daodin is Thailand’s Rosa Parks
Ann Norman On December 3, two days after Thailand’s new king took the throne, Khon Kaen Univeristy Student Pai Daodin, (real name Jatupat Boompattararaksa), became the first lese majesty victim of the...
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Release peaceful student-activist 'Pai' Boopattararaksa
Scholars at Risk (SAR) Scholars at Risk (SAR) is concerned over the arrest and continued imprisonment of Jatupat "Pai" Boonpattararaksa, a Khon Kaen University law student and activist, based on...
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Leader of largest Deep South insurgent group dies
Officials have confirmed the death of a key leader of Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), the largest armed insurgent group operating in Thailand’s restive Deep South. Authorities claim the death will not...
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Courts grant more bail to lèse majesté suspects in 2016
Military and civilian courts have released more suspects of the lèse majesté law on bail in 2016. However, the number is still less than half. Since the coup d’état on 22 May 2014, out of 46 suspects...
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One of Bangkok’s busiest metros could derail: expert
A public transportation expert has warned that Bangkok’s Airport Rail Link, which transports almost 100,000 people daily, is at risk of derailing due to lax maintenance. On 16 January 2016, Samart...
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Burma: Kachin Christians Feared ‘Disappeared’
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Burmese authorities should urgently provide information on the whereabouts and well-being of two ethnic Kachin Baptist leaders who were apparently forcibly disappeared in...
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Junta’s Reconciliation Commission dominated by military
A commission tasked by Thailand’s junta with achieving political reconciliation will be dominated by military appointees, even though military interference in politics is itself a prime source of...
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Detained student activist misses examination, jeopardising his graduation
Despite hopes the embattled student activist would be able to sit his exams behind bars, a Dean of Khon Kaen University has confirmed the university will not make an exception for ‘Pai Daodin’.On 17...
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