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Blind support for politicians does little for democracy
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation It appears many Bangkokians have already made up their minds about who they want as governor, even though the candidates only got to register on Monday. This is probably...
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Thailand: Thai human rights defender and editor convicted and sentenced to 11...
Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Union for Civil Liberty Bangkok-Geneva-Paris, 23 January, 2013. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World...
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Thailand: Editor sentenced for publishing defamatory article
Southeast Asian Press Alliance 23 January, Bangkok - A Thailand criminal court today sentenced Somyot Pruekasemsuk, editor of a political magazine, to eleven years of imprisonment for publishing two...
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Conviction of Thai editor undermines freedom of expression: Pillay
GENEVA (23 January 2013) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed Wednesday her deep concern about the verdict and extremely harsh sentencing of the editor and prominent...
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Somyot Prueksakasemsuk sentenced to 10 years for publishing lèse majesté...
Suluck Lamubol The Criminal Court yesterday sentenced a prominent labour activist and magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk to 10 years' imprisonment for publishing two articles deemed to violate the...
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Freedom House Condemns Prison Sentence for Thai Activist Somyot
Freedom House Washington, January 23, 2013 - Freedom House denounces the verdict delivered by Thailand’s criminal court sentencing long-time labor rights activist and former editor of magazineVoice of...
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THAILAND: Editor gets 11-year jail term in affront to media freedom
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the 11-year jail sentence that a Bangkok criminal court passed today on Voice of Thaksin magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk on...
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THAILAND: Verdict in case of human rights defender is a serious threat to...
Asian Human Rights Commission On January 23, 2013, the Criminal Court in Bangkok read the verdict in Black Case No. O.2962/2554, in which Somyot Prueksakasemsuk was charged with two violations of...
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Official summary of court verdict in Somyot Prueksakasemsuk’s case
Here is an unofficial English translation of the official summary verdict released by the Criminal Court on 23 January 2013.000Verdict (Summary Version)Black case no. O2962/2554 Public Prosecutor,...
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Japan's new policy towards SEA
Pavin Chachavalpongpun Japan has embarked on adjusting its foreign policy following the electoral victory of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which brought Shinzo Abe back to the premiership for...
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Thailand: Repeal Lèse Majesté law that threatens Freedom of Expression
People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy Condemning the 10-year prison sentence for Somyot Prueksakasemsuk (25 January 2013, Seoul) People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD)...
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Activist groups protest in defiance of Somyot verdict
Suluck Lamubol Jan 25 - Groups of political activists protested in front of the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Road after magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk was sentenced to 10-years in prison...
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Interrogation Point
Harrison George We’ve all seen the films. The suspect is being interrogated in a room with no windows, but maybe a one-way mirror. One table with chairs on either side and some form of recording...
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Is our debate over freedom forever in conflict with Thai culture?
Titipol Phakdeewanich The recent 11-year sentence against Somyot Prueksakasemsuk relating to lèse majesté and Thailand’s defamation laws has, once again, brought into focus questions that seek to...
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'Monarchy protection network' protests EU concern about 'Somyot'
Suluck Lamubol Jan 31 - A group of protesters calling themselves the Network for Protection of the Monarchy gathered in front of the office of the European Union Delegation to Thailand on Thursday...
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THAILAND TV station's cars riddled with bullets by unidentified gunmen
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders condemns the shooting attack on four cars belonging to the television station ASTV carried out in the early hours of 26 January by one or more...
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Thai media on charter change
Achara Ashayagachat The Thai media has treated constitutional amendments as a politicking game and has de facto reflected a new series of battles between the post-coup Thaksin and non-Thaksin forces,...
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To Be Media or Not To Be Media
Harrison George The expressions of outrage at the sentencing of Somyot Prueksakasemsuk to 10 years for lèse majesté offences have, rather embarrassingly, been overwhelmingly from foreign...
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Off-track political parody at the CU-TU traditional football match
Suluck Lamubol The sounds of pretty drum majorettes, cheerleaders and whimsical music were blaring. The colour of pink on the shirts of hundreds of students was being paraded from Chula to a stadium...
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Malaysia: Mnimum wages for all workers, including migrant workers
We, the undersigned 67 civil society organizations, trade unions and groups are shocked with the recent decision of the Malaysian cabinet on 30/1/2013 to allow employers of migrant workers to recover...
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