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Preah Vihear and Phra Viharn: Pathways to A Shared Destiny
A public forum on 'Preah Vihear and Phra Viharn: Pathways to A Shared Destiny' organized by the Institute of Security and International Studies (ISIS) at Chulalongkorn University on 21 March 2013....
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Activists get suspended jail terms for invading Parliament compound in 2007
On 28 March, the Criminal Court gave 10 activists suspended prison sentences for their rallies against the National Legislative Assembly in Dec 2007, in which they staged a sit-in protest inside the...
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As We Forgive Them That Trespass Against Us
Harrison George In a landmark ruling, the Criminal Court on Thursday found Mr Pracha Sangkhom guilty of trespassing on his own property. While noting that the verdict was expected, observers saw the...
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From ‘Somchai’ to ‘Sombath’: the Inconvenient Truth for Victims of the...
On the evening of Saturday, December 15 last year, Sombath Somphone was seen in CCTV footage being taken away by a man in plain clothes in a white truck, after he had been stopped by police officers in...
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Legal actions against Finnwatch researcher are an attack against human rights...
Finnwatch Thailand's authorities must immediately launch an investigation into the operations of Natural Fruit and its parent company NatGroup. Human rights issues must be tackled also in the ongoing...
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Silence is Not Golden
Cod Satrusayang The video shows smoke rising from a burning village. Men, women and children are shown escaping from the ordeal. The military are present but do nothing as the people are assaulted by...
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On the Uses of History
Tyrell Haberkorn On 12 October 2012, the Constitutional Court released a comment in response to petitions submitted by Somyot Prueksakasemsuk and Ekachai Hongkangwan about the constitutionality of...
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Sulak, fearless champion of all truth
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation Many Thais are not quite sure of what to make of Sulak Sivaraksa. One day the noted social critic appeared to be on the Democrat Party's side by supporting MR...
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A right right wing nutter
Harrison George Those readers with no interest in Premier League football may be in ignorance of the controversy surrounding the sudden appointment of Italian Paolo Di Canio as manager of Sunderland....
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Sex Workers of ASEAN, Unite!
Suluck Lamubol An art exhibition at the Bangkok Arts and Cultural Centre illustrates the stigma and plight commonly faced by sex workers in ASEAN countries.Their work is considered illegal in most of...
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Does freedom of expression matter?
Cod Satrusayang In his introduction to his wonderful Age of Reason Thomas Paine implores that the reader give his work the same accordance he has given “every man to his own opinion, however different...
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Readers, Activists Reclaim ‘Freedom to Read’ at National Book Fair
Suluck Lamubol A group of activists wearing identical masks and t-shirts portraying themselves as prisoners held placards calling for the freedom to read, write and publish, amidst the bustling annual...
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Same-sex union bill could see vote in House
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation The House of Representatives is expected to consider a same-sex civil union bill later this year. Gender rights activist Chumaporn Taengkliang of the Anjaree group tells...
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Thai People demand EU stop hypocrisy and not stealing the poor's medicine via...
FTA Watch 9 April 2013: 9.00 AM, around 100 Thai civil society from FTA Watch and people networks gathered in front of the Office of the Delegation of the European Union to Thailand on Wireless Road,...
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The Crisis on the Korean Peninsula and ASEAN
Pavin Chachavalpongpun The crisis on the Korean Peninsula is reaching its peak. North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, has threatened to wage an attack on the United States and South Korea using “smaller,...
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Thailand PM launches One Stop Crisis Centre to speed up commitment to end...
Montira Narkvichien, UN Women Bangkok, 9 April 2013 – The launch of Thailand’s pioneering IT-equipped One Stop Crisis Centre by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra reinforces the continuing efforts to...
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Burma Risk of criminal proceedings against human rights defender Mr Chit Ko Lin
Front Line Defenders On 7 April 2013, Mr Chit Ko Lin was interrogated at Kyaukthadar police station in central Rangoon, following reception of a letter on 6 April from the police station summoning him...
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Dear Bill
Harrison George Dear Bill,Action stations, old man, just got word that She Who Must Be Obeyed has finally popped her clogs and will be with us in a jiffy just as soon as she clears celestial passport...
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Infographic: the dead of April 10
The political violence of April 10, 2010 resulted in a total of 26 deaths: 21 civilians and five soldiers (details below). Most of them died on two main spots, Kokwua intersection on Tanao Road and...
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May Revisionism
Cod Satrusayang The dust has firmly settled and the dye is fully cast. It has been three years since the eventful months of April and May. The barricades, the speeches, the bloodshed and violence...
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