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Submarines Deal: Thailand Moving Closer into Chinese Orbit
Pavin Chachavalpongpun Thailand’s military government hurriedly approved the budget to purchase three submarines from China, defending its decision as “strategically necessary” in the age of uncertain...
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School director in Deep South abducted
Unknown group of men has abducted a school director in the restive Deep South.At night on 14 May 2017, a group of men abducted Daho Ma-taworn, director of Ta-Deeka School of Tung Po Village in Saba Yoi...
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IDAHOT or IDA-not? A blatant stain on the rainbow flag
Paisarn Likhitpreechakul Last month, a photo of Saudi Arabia’s Girl’s Council became viral because of one peculiarity: the total absence of women and girls in it. Thousands of Thais – including many...
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Seven years on: no investigation for volunteer rescuer killed during red...
Seven years ago, Bunthing Pansila, a volunteer rescuer was shot fatally during the government crackdown on red shirt protesters. Since then, nobody has dared to testify as a witness to his shooting,...
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Junta forces Facebook to take down more lèse-majesté pages
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) has threatened to shut down Facebook if it does not comply with court orders to block over a hundred illegal sites. More than 6,000...
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Chiang Mai academics pressure authorities over slain Lahu activist
A network of academics and civil society groups in Chiang Mai have placed a plaque on the spot where a young Lahu activist was summarily killed by a soldier to call for justice.On 17 May 2017, a...
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Authorities interrupt commemoration for teenager killed during red shirt...
Uniformed and plainclothes officers have fenced off a plaque commemorating a teenager who was shot dead seven years ago during the government’s crackdown on red shirt protesters. Officers loitered...
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Thai teacher humiliates students by shaving their heads
A Thai maths teacher has boasted proudly of humiliating students by shaving some of their hair. On 18 May 2017, a maths teacher of Hua Phluang Community School in Tha Tako District of Nakhon Sawan...
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Heavily tortured bombing suspect released on bail
After over two years in jail, a man suspected of bombing a Thai court has been released on bail, since no witnesses have testified to his guilt. On 18 May 2017, Bangkok Military Court released Sansern...
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Why are conservatives so obsessed with Netiwit?
Kornkritch Somjittranukit A young academic explains what Chulalongkorn University (CU) means to Thai society and why conservatives were so furious when a progressive activist was voted to be president...
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Bill recognising Rainbow families stuck in limbo under junta
Kongpob Areerat More than three years after the first bill in Thai history to recognise the existence of same-sex couples was introduced, the Thai junta still shows no sign of passing it. Meanwhile,...
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Thailand: Junta entrenched 3 years after coup
Human Right Watch (HRW) Thailand’s junta has failed to fulfill pledges to respect human rights and restore democratic rule three years after the military coup, Human Rights Watch said today. The...
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Human rights lawyers condemn arrest of 4 lèse majesté suspects
Human rights lawyers have condemned the arrest and detention of the four latest lèse majesté suspects, including a 14-year-old. Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) on 20 May 2017 issued a statement...
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Army hospital bombed on third anniversary of the coup
A bomb has exploded in a Bangkok hospital administered by the Royal Thai Army. It remains unclear whether the bombing was timed intentionally to coincide with the third anniversary of the 2014 coup....
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Pai Dao Din accepts human rights award at military court
An embattled anti-junta activist ‘Pai Dao Din’ has received a prestigious Gwangju Prize for Human Rights while attending a trial at a military court. On 22 May 2017, Jatuphat ‘Pai’...
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3 years on, the junta is ‘stable, prosperous and sustainable’: iLaw
A government watchdog has evaluated Thailand’s junta as ‘stable, prosperous and sustainable’ on the third anniversary of the last coup, warning that elections will not be enough to dismantle the...
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Police spend 28 million baht to target viewers of lèse majesté content
Authorities have reportedly spent 28.4 million baht on a computer program that targets viewers of lèse majesté content.BBC Thai reported on 23 May 2017 that the Technology Crime Suppression Division...
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CCTVs at bombed army hospital broken
Unsurprisingly, 9 out of 13 CCTVs at the scene of a recently bombed army hospital have been found broken. The police has confirmed the incident could be connected to previous bombings. On 23 May 2017,...
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Supreme Court to retry labour dispute case after 3 years
The Supreme Court has overturned the lower court’s verdict to retry a labour dispute case between a textile company and workers who were allegedly not compensated properly.On 23 May 2017, at the Labour...
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Less media freedom than ever in Thailand three years after coup
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Thai junta’s crackdown on news and information since the military coup three years ago yesterday and urges the international...
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