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Prominent historian Suthachai Yimprasert dies at 61
A key Thai historian has peacefully passed away. He will be long remembered as a teacher, columnist, comrade, political activist, and academic who stands against the lèse majesté law and coup d'états....
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India: Ensure justice for journalist Shantanu Bhowmik and safeguard freedom...
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) strongly condemns the killing of 28-year-old journalist Shantanu Bhowmik on 21...
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Security officer records activists giving testimonies at court
The authorities has sent a security officer to video-record the hearing of activists charged with contempt of court despite the court’s prohibition. From 27-28 September 2017, the Provincial Court...
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NLA approves law that grants Constitutional Court more protection
The junta-appointed lawmakers have accepted the principle of Organic Act on Constitutional Court which will protect the court from contempt and online criticism. Breaching the law can lead to up to one...
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Meet online archives of 1976 massacre
While the Thai society has tried to remove the 6 October massacre from the history timelines, a website has been created with a goal to restore memories of the event. On 24 September 2017, the project...
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Inequality: why does Thailand get richer, but people feel poorer?
The junta is always claiming that the Thai economy is on the rise, but how true is this? And is it rising in a healthy manner? According to one analyst, the Thai economy is good when we look at the...
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The terrors of tourism
Harrison George ‘Govt sets B3 trillion tourism target’ reads the Bangkok Post headline (together with a pic showing ‘Chinese tourists at Wat Phra Kaeo’ who have fair hair and big noses) (the dastardly...
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2006 coup-maker calls on junta to follow election roadmap
The general who led the 2006 coup has called on the current junta to stick to the election roadmap.On 1 October 2017, Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin, the leader of the 2006 coup, invited top military leaders...
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Activist denounces junta’s 20 year national strategy planning committee
A well-known anti-corruption activist has denounced the junta’s 20-year national strategy planning, saying the selection process of the committee members is not democratic.On 1 October 2017, Srisuwan...
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Foreign students condemn CU for dismissal of Student Council President
International Student Association of Chulalongkorn University We, the foreign students and alumni of Chulalongkorn University (CU), are concerned about CU's handling of an incident which took place on...
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Monday review: Yingluck case ends, National Strategic Plan ‘strongly’ rejected
After the Criminal Court handed five years in jail against Yingluck, the junta issued an organic law that forces her to appeal the case in person. Meanwhile, the junta’s National Strategic Plan has...
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Anti-monarch groups plan ‘chaos’ during Royal Funeral: Defence Minister
A deputy junta head alleged that there are people who planed to create chaos around the upcoming Royal Funeral.On 2 October 2017, Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, a deputy junta head and Defence Minister, said at...
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US officials must raise concerns about systematic repression of human rights...
Amnesty International (AI) Amnesty International urges US officials to press Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha to roll back restrictions on human rights during his visit to Washington DC. As...
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US to resume selling weapons to Thailand: Deputy junta head
The deputy junta head has announced that the US has agreed to resume selling weapons to the Thai government. The Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, on 3 October 2017,...
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Archiving the ignored 6 October Massacre: Puangthong Pawakapan
Kornkritch Somjittranukit To break the taboo in Thai society surrounding the 1976 Massacre, a group of scholars have founded an online archive of the incident in the hope that Thai society will be...
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The Rise and fall of the ‘Octobrists’
October is an important month in Thailand’s political history as it marks the anniversary of two important political events. One is the popular uprising of 14 October 1973 where thousands of people...
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Dyslexia Rules, KO?
Harrison George Two weeks before he was unleashed on the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump gave a speech in Bismarck, North Dakota, supposedly to outline his plans on tax reform. (A...
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A Human Rights-Based Way Forward for Thailand
John Draper and Atipong Pathanasethpong Thailand’s militarised state routinely ignores leading human rights NGOs and supranational organisations such as Amnesty International and the UN Office of the...
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Police press royal defamation charge for comment on ancient King
The police have decided to press royal defamation charges against Sulak Sivaraksa, a renowned royalist and lèse majesté critic, over a public speech about King Naresuan, who ruled the Ayutthaya Kingdom...
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Monday review: Mourning the massacre, mourning the late King
October has brought a mood of mourning to Thailand as the late King Bhumibol's cremation approaches. But October has long brought memories of loss for Thai society, ever since the bloody 6 October...
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