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What we need to know before Yingluck’s judgment day
On 25 August 2017, the Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on the historic case of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who stands accused of causing billions of baht in losses through her...
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Yingluck asks supporters to stay home on her judgment day
Conceding to pressure from authorities, the former Prime Minister has warned her supporters against coming to court tomorrow when her verdict will be announced, fearing the risk of violence by a ‘third...
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Court issues arrest warrant for Yingluck
On 25 August 2017, the Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant for Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to turn up for the verdict on her malfeasance trial related to the rice-pledging scheme.Much to...
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No report of Yingluck flight: Immigration Police
Thai Immigration Police deny all knowledge about the former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra fleeing abroad.On 25 August 2017, Pol Lt Gen Nathathorn Prousoonthorn, Commissioner of the Immigration...
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Yingluck’s Commerce Minister gets 42 years in prison over rice deal
The Supreme Court has sentenced a former Commerce Minister in the Yingluck government to 42 years in prison for corruption over rice export deals.On 25 August 2017, the Supreme Court's Criminal...
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Cambodia Govt. launches systematic attack on independent media
Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) The Cambodian government has launched over the past 3 weeks a systematic attack aimed at silencing independent media in the country with at least six media...
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Activist calls for probe of deputy junta head over Yingluck’s flight
A well-known anti-corruption activist has called on the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to probe a Deputy Prime Minister and the national police chief over the flight of fugitive former...
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Where are the people in the junta’s bus reform?
Kornkritch Somjittranukit For three years, the ruling junta has proposed ‘national reforms’ on different issues. Though the previous reforms, like political reform, police reform and education reform,...
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Monday review: Yingluck has gone but what has she left?
Kornkritch Somjittranukit After being on trial for more than two years, former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ultimately decided to flee the country before her Rice Pledging Scheme’s judgement...
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Anti-junta politician faces another jail term for contempt of court
The Criminal Court has once again handed two months jail term to an embattled anti-junta politician accused of contempt of court, but suspended the jail term for two years. On 28 August 2017, the...
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Sedition law political tool of the junta: iLaw
On top of rising numbers of prosecutions under Thailand’s notorious lèse majesté law, the sedition law has also been used by the military regime to shut down critics since the 2014 coup...
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Supreme Court whitewashes Abhisit, Suthep over deadly 2010 crackdown
The Supreme Court has acquitted Abhisit and Suthep of murder charges for authorising the violent military crackdown on anti-establishment red-shirt protesters in April and May 2010. Meanwhile, a former...
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Human rights defenders call for fair investigation of enforced disappearances
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights...
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CU dismisses Netiwit from student council
The progressive student has been dismissed from the position of student council president for staging a symbolic protest during a university initiation ceremony. He faces suspension in another ongoing...
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Families of 2010 crackdown victims denounce dismissal ruling
The family members of victims of the 2010 crackdown on red-shirt protesters have denounced the Supreme Court’s verdict to dismissed murder charges against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, and...
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Thailand: Supreme court enshrines impunity for 2010 violence
Human Right Watch (HRW) The Thai Supreme Court’s dismissal of criminal charges against a former prime minister and his deputy for their role in the deadly crackdown on “Red Shirt” protesters in May...
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Royalist motivational speaker acquitted of defaming Isaan people
The courts have dismissed defamation charges against a controversial motivational speaker who in a talk last year accused Isaan people of being disloyal to the late King Bhumibol. November last year,...
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Use of sedition law worries journalists, critics
Media professionals and human rights advocates have called on the regime to stop using the sedition law to instil an environment of fear and silence its critics.On 3 August 2017, members of the press...
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Open letter to those who would protest the project for Social Democracy
Atipong Pathanasethpong My name is Atipong Pathanasethpong and I am the Spokesperson for the Project for a Social Democracy. You may have heard of my colleague at the Project for a Social Democracy,...
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Monday review: contempt of court and judicialisation
The judicialisation of politics, or judicial activism, refers to circumstances where the judicial branch becomes an active player in politics, interfering in the affairs of executive or legislative...
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