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‘Get with the times’: youth lead National Senior’s Day
Last week, student activists organised events to play on the paternalism that underpins Thailand’s National Children’s Day. On 4 February 2016, the student activist group Education for Liberation of...
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Thai Foreign Ministry refutes UN over lèse majesté law
After being criticised by the UN for the use of the notorious lèse majesté law, the Thai Foreign Ministry has refuted that the enforcement of such law does not violate human rights.On 7 February 2017,...
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13 billion baht cuts to sicken Thailand’s universal healthcare
The organisation responsible for Thailand’s universal health care is facing 13 billion baht in budget cuts as the junta struggles to manage its finances. On 6 February 2017, the board of the National...
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Thailand: Civil society under attack as authorities criminalize dissent
Amnesty International (AI) Thai authorities are waging a campaign to criminalize and punish dissent by targeting civil society and political activists who peacefully exercise their rights to freedom...
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Political TV talk show suspended for criticizing the judiciary and military
Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) The broadcasting regulatory authority based the suspension on a January 23 episode titled “Conflict because of Judicial [Not] Review” that presented a news...
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Military court tries mentally ill lèse majesté suspect
A military court has held the first trial for the lèse majesté suspect who claimed to possess telepathic powers. The Military Court of Bangkok on 9 February 2017 held the first trial for Sao...
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Pai Dao Din formally indicted for lèse majesté
Despite criticism from the UN, a Thai court has refused to release the embattled student activist ‘Pai Dao Din’ after public prosecutors indicted him for lèse majesté.On 10 February 2017, the...
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#ChulassicPark: students protest prehistoric uniform regulations
Students at an elite Thai university are campaigning against outdated uniform regulations, arguing they stifle creativity and intellect. The university threatens those who fail to comply with...
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How Thailand’s junta uses lèse-majesté charges to censor information
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Condemning the decision by a Thai court to put a young pro-democracy activist on trial for sharing a BBC profile of the new king on Facebook, Reporters Without Borders...
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Missing children in Thailand a result of domestic violence
A study has found that 86 per cent of missing children in Thailand voluntarily leave their homes to escape domestic violence. The Mirror Foundation, an NGO based in Thailand, has revealed that the...
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Academics defend LGBT activists over hijab-wearing football club strife
After a week of social media strife against the founders of a hijab-wearing football club in the predominantly Muslim Deep South, leading academics and activists have urged locals to be more tolerant...
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Release Pai Dao Din: Student Councils Assembly
The Student Councils Assembly of Thailand has demanded that Thai authorities release ‘Pai Dao Din’, an anti-junta activist accused of defaming King Vajiralongkorn.On 13 February 2017, the Students...
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Uniformed and Uninformed
Harrison George Chulalongkorn (we have murals of Hitler as a superhero) University is back in the news and you don’t whether to laugh or cry.Its Faculty of Engineering seems to have spawned its own...
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Police chief files defamation charges against critics of Thai police
The Thai police chief has filed criminal defamation charges against speakers at a discussion critical of the police force.On 14 February 2017, Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, Commissioner-General of the...
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Junta’s reconciliation programme kicks off on Valentine’s day
The Pheu Thai Party has been left broken hearted after not receiving an invite to a reconciliation forum planned by the junta to begin on Valentine’s Day. Still, the junta promises an invitation is on...
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Burmese govt must protect victims of violence, bring peace to Rakhine state
Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) We call on all parties to find a meaningful solution to the problems in the Rakhine State of Myanmar so that there is everlasting peace. Given the way things have...
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The 2016 Corruptions Perceptions Index breakdown: ASEAN and Thailand
John Draper The recent announcement that the Ministry of Commerce is pursuing 20 billion baht in allegedly ‘fake’ rice deals in terms of compensation from six senior individuals, namely former...
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Photo exhibition: "Facing Trance in Indonesia"
SEA Junction If the face is the mirror of a soul, then what should reflect one’s who is or is believed to be in trance or possessed by spirits? The exhibition to be held on 18-25 February at SEA...
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Pruay, Refugee and Director of Democracy After Death
In October 2016, there was a minor news report that at an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of 6 October 1976 and coincidentally the 10th anniversary of the 2006 coup, a film named Democracy...
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Junta head’s brother takes too many days off work, risking expulsion
At least seven MPs in the junta-appointed National Legislative Assembly are failing to meet attendance requirements for voting sessions set by the Interim Constitution, making their occupation of...
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