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Director of influential Deep South community radio passes away
The director of an influential Malay community radio station in the restive Deep South has passed away.At around 3 am on 11 July 2017, Waehama Waekuejik, director of Media Selatan, a local radio...
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Do you understand ‘corporate governance’: former MP to junta leader
A former MP from the Democrat Party has questioned the junta over disproportionate military appointments to the boards of state enterprises.On 10 July 2017, Rachada Thanadirek, former MP from the...
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Using Buddhist critical thinking skills to determine our financial situation:...
Dion Peoples The easiest Buddhist critical-thinking skill-set to recollect is found in the Visuddhimagga, a fifth-century treatise which borrows from the Abhidhamma. This expresses a coherent...
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Student pressured to waived charge against her senior
A university staff has asked a student to cease prosecution against seniors who posted her picture on Facebook and condemned her for inappropriate dressing though she was in a department store. On 10...
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Anti-junta journalist in exile granted refugee status in US
An anti-junta journalist who fled the country to the US shortly after the 2014 coup d’état has been granted an official refugee status. On 13 July 2017, Jom Petpradab, a veteran journalist now living...
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Healthcare law amendment plan leads to public health inequality: expert
A healthcare expert has voiced opposition against the proposal to separate the salary of public health personnel from the total public healthcare budget, warning that it could result in serious...
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Presentation of the final report of the International People’s Tribunal 1965
SEA Junction On 16 July 2017 at 5-7PM the Final Report of the Panel of Judges of the International People’s Tribunal 1965 (IPT 1965) will be presented at SEA Junction. The IPT 1965 was set up to break...
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157 public events intervened by junta after 2014 coup d’état
In the last three years after the 2014 coup d’état, 157 public events most of which deemed politically sensitive were intervened by the regime.According to iLaw, a human rights advocacy group, from the...
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Railway workers demand participation in junta’s railway reform
Railway workers have urged the junta leader to halt amendment of the railway law, citing lack of public participation.On 13 July 2017, representatives of Railway Workers’ Confederation (RWC) submitted...
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Return the space of knowledge, rights, civil liberties to Thai society: The...
The Community of International Academics Declaration of the Community of International Academics at the 13th International Conference on Thai Studies and Scholars on Thai StudiesSince the coup by the...
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Princess Sirindhorn not protected by the lèse majesté law: lawyers
Human rights lawyers are arguing that suspects accused of defaming Princess Sirindhorn should not be indicted under the lèse majesté law.According to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), from 18 July...
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Monday review: military shopping sprees
Social media has taken up arms the past week over repeated stories of flamboyant military spending, first on a shiny new set of fighter jets and then on a ski trip to Japan. Against the backdrop of a...
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Public outrage over navy’s expensive ski trip to Japan
Social media has taken up arms over news that a naval college’s field trip to Japan was marked by Onsen springs and skiing, more so than training and development.The corruption watchdog group Watchdog...
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The 2017 US trafficking in persons report: A critique
Ralph Simpson The US State Department recently issued its 2017 edition of the Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report). As might be expected, China, with over three million people living in modern...
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Junta reconciliation plan a mish-mash of late King’s philosophy, 20-year...
The junta has revealed its blueprint for national reconciliation, combining the late King’s philosophy with the junta’s 20-year national strategy.On 17 July 2017, Lt Gen Kukiat Srinaka of Army Region 1...
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Academics to be summoned by military for resisting junta
The Deputy Governor of Chiang Mai has threatened three academics who allegedly put up banners against the junta that they will be summoned by the military. On 18 July 2017, Putthiphong Sirimat, Deputy...
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Lawsuit filed by activists against junta begins
The Civil Court has commenced a trial initiated by democracy activists against the junta leader, the Army and the Royal Thai Police (RTP). The activists accuse authorities of violating their rights...
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Election will be held on 19 August 2018: ECT
After repeated postponements, the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) has announced that the next election will be held on 19 August 2018. On 17 July 2017, Supachai Somcharoen, chairman of the ECT,...
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Junta critic receives Press Freedom Award
On 18 July 2017, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) awarded its Press Freedom Award to four journalists, including Pravit Rojanaphruk, a senior reporter at Khaosod English, who...
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High school student intimidated after criticising junta head
Soldiers have visited the school of a student activist, asking him to cease criticising Prayut on threat of further intimidation. On 21 July 2017, Sanhanutta Sartthaporn, the Secretary General of...
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