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Growing up, growing old as an activist: challenges facing ‘the new generation’
Prontip ‘Kolf’ Mankhong, a former political prisoner, looks back at her more-than-a-decade of activism, arguing that the rise of ‘heroism’ among student activists is threatening solidarity and...
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Exiled redshirt suspected of army hospital bombing: army commander
The army grand commander has said an exiled extremist redshirt could be behind the recent blast at a hospital run by the army, adding the junta might bring back military trials for those who commit...
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Comparisons are odorous Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 5
Harrison George A bomb goes off at Phramongkutklao Hospital and 25 are injured. The Prime Minister next day says that if such things go on, the election (in the most optimistic scenario at least 18...
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Section 44 can be used to bypass industrial regulations: Constitution drafter
The chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) has said that there was nothing wrong for the junta to use its absolute power under Section 44 to bypass industrial regulations on eastern...
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TV programs fined for ‘immoral’ and ‘superstitious’ content
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has fined several TV channels for screening allegedly ‘immoral’ content, in response to public complaints. On 25 May 2017, the NBTC,...
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Investors in, poor out: junta’s land policy after 3 years in power
Kongpob Areerat After three years of the junta’s ‘returning happiness’ mission, the country’s poor and ethnic minorities are still suffering from the junta’s ‘return the forest’ policy while the junta...
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Junta forbids criticism of regional education reform
Following an order from the junta, the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) has prohibited regional education staff from discussing or criticising the junta’s regional education reform...
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Suspect of hospital bombing placed in military detention
Security forces have detained a 51-year-old woman in a military camp for interrogation over alleged involvement in the recent bombing of an army-run hospital. The woman was arrested from her home in...
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Police arrest relatives of slain Lahu activist
Police have raided the village of a murdered Lahu activist and arrested several of his family members in an alleged drug crackdown.On 29 May 2017, policemen and officers from the Narcotics Suppression...
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Demands for elections in Thailand exponentially rising: poll
Three years into the junta, a nationwide poll has found that 50.6 per cent of citizens desire elections as soon as possible — a jump in support for democracy from previous years. But the nation remains...
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A professor detained for his thoughts
Yukti Mukdawijitra Note: On 29 April, a university professor was arrested as part of a sweep of six individuals accused of committing lèse majesté by posting to Facebook. He has been denied bail, as...
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Imperial Thailand’s North: Thai colonialism’s cultural division of labour and...
John Draper Avoiding colonization by Europe simply meant that we colonized our own people. This internal colonialism, in which officials appointed from the metropolis rule and drain the countryside...
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Thai judicial institutions pillar of junta rule: Human rights lawyers
Three years after the latest coup d’état, human rights lawyers have argued that the junta could not hold power without the support of the country’s judicial institutions.The Thai Lawyers for Human...
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Military joins elementary school orientation
After introducing a programme to educate kindergarten children to be patriotic through the junta’s controversial nationalistic 12 Thai Values last year, military staff joined an elementary school...
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11 villagers fined for ‘causing global warming’
After a court ruled them guilty of causing global warming, 11 villagers have appealed and pleaded for a court fee exemption. The authorities are increasingly using judicial harassment against local...
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Activist facing 6 months imprisonment denies charge
A democracy activist accused of defying the junta’s political gathering ban has vowed to fight the case in a military court while the military prosecutor wants his rights to vote to be suspended for a...
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Torture victim sues Thai police
After almost 8 years of legal battle, a torture victim wrongfully arrested as a theft suspect has lodged a civil lawsuit against the Thai police.Rittirong Chuenjit, 26, with a lawyer from the Cross...
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Thai berry-pickers’ lawsuit against Finnish company begins
A Finnish court has held the first hearing in a lawsuit filed by 50 Thai labourers against a Finnish company for inadequate working conditions. If found guilty, the company will have to pay 12 million...
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Court grants bail to activist charged with contempt of court
A provincial court has granted bail to a prominent anti-junta activist accused of contempt of court after he denied the charge.On 31 May 2017, the Provincial Court of Khon Kaen held a hearing for seven...
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Critic of Rajabhakti Park scandal not indicted
An attorney general has decided not to indict a woman accused of sedition for posting a Facebook status criticising a military-involved corruption case, reasoning that her opinion is in the public...
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