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Facebook blocks criticism of monarchy at junta’s request
Facebook has complied with a request from the junta to restrict user access to a video posted by an exiled critic of the monarchy, citing Thailand’s newly amended Computer Crimes Act. On 4 May 2017,...
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Refusal to free Pai Dao Din ‘unconstitutional’: activists
Political activists have urged the police to release Jatuphat ‘Pai Dao Din’ Boonpattararaksa, saying the court decision to repeatedly reject his bail requests is ‘unconstitutional’. On 5 May 2017,...
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Frequencies: Public goods not owned yet by the public
Jiranan Hanthamrongwit It’s been more than 24 years since the media reform began in Thailand, but the state still refuses to give up its ownership of public frequencies. The National Broadcasting and...
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Number of post-coup lèse-majesté arrests surges to over 100
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) The number of individuals arrested on lèse-majesté charges since the May 2014 military coup has passed the 100 mark, FIDH and its member organizations...
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Belligerent youths hunt for progressive student activist
Two belligerent youths have entered Chulalongkorn University to look for Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, a progressive student activist recently elected as the Student Council’s president of Chulalongkorn...
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Military intimidates activist calling for probe of submarine deal
Soldiers have visited an activist calling for an investigation into the junta’s controversial submarine deal with China. On 8 May 2017, soldiers visited the house of Srisuwan Janya, Secretary-General...
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Pai Dao Din misses human rights award acceptance ceremony in S. Korea
A provincial court has once again refused to release Pai Dao Din, making it impossible for the activist to attend a human rights award ceremony in South Korea.On 8 May 2017, the Provincial Court of...
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Twin bombs hit Big C Department store in Pattani
Update: At least 60 people have been injured from the explosions at Big C department store and about 100 vehicles have been damaged. The first bomb exploded inside the department store while the second...
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‘Contempt of court’, or courts showing contempt?
iLaw A labour rights lawyer has been imprisoned for defaming a court, leaving stranded his five-month pregnant wife. Yet this is far from the first time Thailand’s courts have used ‘contempt of court’...
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University lecturer faces 15 years in jail for sharing FB post
The Criminal Court has refused to release a lecturer arrested for sharing a Facebook post written by an academic blacklisted by the junta, despite the defendant promising almost one million baht as...
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TV host arrested for exposing allegations of prison corruption
The police have arrested the host of a TV programme exposing irregularities in food supplies to a prison.On 9 May 2017, according the Manager Online police officers arrested Yutthiyong Limlertwathee,...
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Student activists appeal contempt of court charges
Six student activists have chosen to appeal their contempt of court charges, arguing their past symbolic actions and singing outside a provincial court in support of Pai Dao Din were legitimate...
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Another facebook user arrested for royal defamation
After being arrested by soldiers and spent six days in a military base, the Criminal Court has detained a 53-year-old Facebook user accused of lèse majesté. On 11 May 2017, the Criminal Court on...
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Over 400 lèse majesté websites shut down in 7 months
The Army Cyber Centre (ACC) claims to have taken down 435 websites committing lèse majesté since October last year, when King Bhumibol passed away. Internet service providers, however, refuse to give...
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A changing Mekong, changing lives in Ubon Ratchathani
Kornkritch Somjittranukit Dams constructed by Chinese government along the Mekong river are forcing villagers in Ubon Ratchathani into lives of uncertainty, even as they reap no benefits from the dams...
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Human rights Lawyer facing 157 years jail denied bail
The Criminal Court has refused to release a human rights lawyer facing 157 years imprisonment for royal defamation and sedition.The Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek Rd., Bangkok, on 11 May 2017, renewed...
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Thais on the brink of authoritarianism and democracy: The Nazi Effect
John Draper This column highlights the fact that Thais brought up as children under authoritarian regimes are more likely to reflect authoritarian values – the ‘Nazi effect’, which turns children into...
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Journalist sued by Thai mining company operating in Myanmar
A Thai mining company operating in Myanmar has filed a criminal defamation lawsuit against a Thai journalist for reporting alleged environmental damage.On 14 May 2017, Reporters Without Borders,...
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Remembering Jit Phumisak
Yukti Mukdawijitra Note: Jit Phumisak (25 September 1930 – 5 May 1966) was one of the foremost Thai Marxism thinkers of the twentieth century. His most well-known work, The Real Face of Thai...
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Historical Immaterialism
Harrison George As if our non-elected Prime Minister didn’t already have little enough faith in democracy, Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal has gone and got himself elected as president of Chulalongkorn...
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