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No FB posts on dictatorship or corruption, military tells academic
The military has threatened to detain an outspoken academic in a military barracks if he does not stop posting about corruption and dictatorship.On 13 June 2017, Surapot Thaweesak, a well-known scholar...
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Junta approves 2.3 billion baht budget for Chinese tanks
The junta’s cabinet has given the greenlight to the Ministry of Defence to spend 2.3 billion baht for buying tanks from China.On 13 June 2017, the cabinet approved 2.3 billion baht budget for buying 34...
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Doctors criticise regressive healthcare reforms
The Rural Doctors’ Association (RDA) has criticised the junta’s plans to amend the National Health Security Act, arguing it has overlooked the interests of the people. On 12 June 2017, the RDA released...
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Soldiers visit politician's home to ask Prayut's four questions
Thai people are going to local government offices to answer Prayut's four questions on elections. But one Pheu Thai politician has had the privilege of being visited by a group of soldiers demanding...
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Military attempts to ban book on rice pledge scheme
Military has attempted to ban a book about the rice subsidy program authored by politicians from Pheu Thai Party.On 14 June 2017, Gen Chalermchai Sittisat, Chief of the Royal Thai Army (RTA), told...
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Hospital bomb suspect arrested
On 15 June 2017, a 62-year-old man was arrested in Bangkok and detained at the 11th Military Circle. He is suspected of being involved in last month’s bombing at the Army’s Phramongkutklao Hospital....
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Elephant camp owner accused of lèse majesté over missing elephants
A national park officer has accused an owner of an elephant camp of making lèse majesté comments at a press briefing about missing elephants. On 15 June 2017, Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn, Chaiwat...
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Bomb at UNESCO office wounds street cleaner
Just a day after the arrest of a suspect in the recent hospital bombing case, another minor blast wet off in Bangkok leaving one injured. On 16 June 2017, a bomb went off on Sukhumvit Road between...
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AIS unlawfully reveals private user info: anti-junta activist
An anti-junta activist has accused AIS, one of Thailand’s biggest mobile phone service providers, of unlawfully revealing private information about him.Piyarat ‘Toto’ Chongthep, an anti-junta activist,...
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Police summon leaders of healthcare protests
The police have summoned for questioning the leaders of a protest against revisions of the healthcare law. Meanwhile, the authorities have announced that the amendment process will go ahead despite...
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Prayut poses 50 more ‘thoughts’ for the people to ponder
Following his controversial invitation for public feedback on his four questions, Prayut has now posed 50 more ‘issues to think about’. Over the past month, Thai civil society and the social media...
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Junta’s use of Section 44 on Thai-Chinese railway project puts public safety...
Leading Thai architects and the national association of engineers have denounced the use of Section 44 to speed up the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway line project between Bangkok and Nakhon...
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Monday review: fall of conservatives, civil resistance and China’s...
Last week, liberal values prevailed in social media controversies, while the junta faced unprecedented resistance to its attempts to abolish universal healthcare and the fast-track construction of a...
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He drowned for at least 5 mins: doctors on soldier tortured by military
Doctors who examined the body of a soldier who allegedly died from being forced to swim during military training have testified that he was left drowning for at least five minutes. Family members are...
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Leading student activist answers Prayut’s four questions
Rangsiman Rome, a key student activist leader, has submitted answers to Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha’s “four questions” at the Ministry of Defence. Rome explained that he wanted to show the junta leader that...
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Rule by law, not rule of law, in Thailand today: Thongchai Winichakul
Thongchai Winichakul 1. The months of May and June mark several key milestones in Thai history. There is June 1932 (the People’s Revolution) and June 1946 (the assassination of King Rama VIII), the...
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Human rights commissioners face removal by junta’s constitution drafters
The junta’s constitution drafters have claimed that replacing the country’s human rights commissioners will make the commission more credible internationally, to the disagreement of the NHRC chairman...
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Authorities raid activist headquarters without search warrant
Some 30 security officers have raided the headquarters of the activist group Dao Din and confiscated documents about the controversial healthcare reform. When an activist asked to see a search warrant,...
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Charges against human rights defenders still stand
Despite an earlier agreement, the military has not withdrawn its complaints against three human rights defenders who exposed torture in Thailand’s Deep South. On 20 June 2017, a lawyer representing...
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Seeking health across the border
SEA Junction More and more people travel across international borders for the purpose of receiving medical care. Medical tourism, as this growing phenomenon is commonly called, features prominently in...
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