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The Thai Political Prison Notebooks: Ekachai Hongkangwan on Law
Tyrell Haberkorn On 28 March 2013, Ekachai Hongkangwan was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for allegedly violating Article 112 by selling CDs which contained an ABC Australia...
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An old ghost story that makes a new point
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation Films tend to reflect the anxieties and aspirations of society at the time of production. And the latest box-office hit, "Pee Mak Phra Khanong", directed and co-written...
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Suspect Suspicions
Harrison George A 30-year-old resident of the US who was born in Bangladesh was beaten up in the Bronx on the day of the Boston Marathon bombings. A group of 3 or 4 men, described by the victim as...
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Thein Sein government must be held accountable for fresh Burma Army...
Shan Human Rights Foundation The Shan Human Rights Foundation is gravely concerned at fresh widespread atrocities by the Burma Army against civilians in Tangyan, northern Shan State, and is calling on...
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Finding Our Way
Cod Satrusayang What can we say about the situation in our country that hasn't already been said? What ideology do we possess that hasn't already made its way across the pages of our history books?...
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Plus Ça Change
Harrison George My word how things change.When I came to Bangkok, I remember there were 3 buildings of more than 7 storeys. One was the tapering triangular structure of the Dusit Thani, which set an...
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Thanthawut testifies in court inquest into Amphon’s death
On 24 April, the Criminal Court held another hearing in the inquest into the death of Amphon Tangnoppakul, a lèse majesté convict who died in prison in May last year.The inquest began in February this...
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For one to love Thailand, must we hate our neighbours?
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation Thai readers be warned: You are about to read a commentary penned by an alleged "Thai with a Cambodian heart", a "traitor".This is not a self-description but something...
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Ensure fair media coverage in Malaysia’s elections
Southeast Asian Press Alliance As Malaysians go to the polls on Sunday, 5 May 2013, the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) is concerned that voters are being denied their rights to fair and...
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Burma: Human Rights Groups Condemn Ongoing Crackdown on Protests and Peaceful...
FORUM-ASIA Report Highlights Violations of Freedoms of Expression, Peaceful Assembly and Association (Rangoon/Bangkok, 2 May 2013): The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA),...
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Cold-blooded shooting of Thai Buddhist in Pattani Condemned: Ceasefire...
Cross-Cultural Foundation Around 20.05, on Wednesday, 1 May 20130, at least four perpetrators with two motorcycles used war weapons and fired into the crowd in front of a grocery shop located at...
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39 leaders, groups named as Predators of Freedom of Information in 2013
Reporters Without Borders On World Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders is releasing an updated list of 39 Predators of Freedom of Information – presidents, politicians, religious leaders,...
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Military Reasons
Harrison George From a report by the National News Bureau of Thailand, part of the Public Relations Department (stop giggling there, of course news is subordinate to PR):‘Thailand’s Army Chief General...
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Thailand's press freedom downgraded to "Not Free" for 2012: Freedom House
Suluck Lamubol Washington DC - Thailand's media freedom is categorized as "Not Free" for the year 2012, a change from "Partly Free" the previous year due to ‘court rulings that the lèse-majesté law...
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Appeals Court upholds 34-year jail sentences for 4 red shirts in Ubon
On 2 May, the Appeals Court Region 3 in Ubon Ratchathani pronounced its verdict in the case of red shirts accused of torching the provincial hall during the unrest on 19 May 2010.The Appeals Court...
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Sino-Thai Ties: At a Crossroads
Pavin Chachavalpongpun China and Thailand have forged even closer ties with the recent exchanges of visits of key policy makers. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during his Bangkok trip early this...
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Over the Top
Harrison George Dear me, I can hardly keep up. A Prime Minister talks about democracy in something more than platitudes, and in front of foreigners. And comes home to a chorus of boos from those...
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Projectiles hurled at Bangkok daily after cartoonist’s controversial post
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders deplores an attack by four men who threw various projectiles at the security box outside the Bangkok headquarters of the Thai Rath daily newspaper...
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Thailand: Ongoing detention of human rights defender Mr Somyot Prueksakasemsuk
Front Line Defenders On 8 May 2013, the lawyer of human rights defender and magazine editor Mr Somyot Prueksakasemsuk submitted an application to the Supreme Court in Bangkok to refute the ruling by...
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Outside the University Walls: Yukti Mukdawijitra on Wearing Red
Tyrell Haberkorn In “Red Shirt Academic,” Yukti Mukdawijitra, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology at Thammasat University, tells his own story of growing involved in...
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