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Vasit: We have to fight even the US and UN
Pol Gen Vasit Dejkunjorn, former palace police chief and former Deputy Police Chief, has published an article in Matichon in response to recent comments by the US Ambassador and the United Nations...
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Thailand/Laos: Forcible Return Puts Hmong Refugee at Grave Risk
Human Rights Watch (New York, December 22, 2011) – Authorities in Thailand forcibly handed over a registered refugee, Ka Yang, and his family to Laotian officials at the Thai-Lao border in Ubon...
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Election Network Cautiously Optimistic about Burma’s Political Progress
ANFREL The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL-Foundation) welcomes recent political developments in Burma, progress which includes less censorship of the media; more engagement with the NLD,...
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The 10 most dangerous places for journalists
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders has this year, for the first time, compiled a list of the world’s 10 most dangerous places for the media – the 10 cities, districts, squares,...
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Meechai Ruchuphan on lèse majesté law
Meechai Ruchuphan, a veteran legal expert who has served several governments and juntas in various capacities in the last three decades, has given his views on the lèse majesté law in his answer to a...
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Fit to be Thai-ed
Harrison George This year’s Royal Birthday Speech included another call for unity, echoing previous years’ addresses as well as pronouncements from just about everybody with a claim to some form of...
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Land of Smiles - and Grimaces
Marwaan Macan-Markar, Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Dec 24, 2011 (IPS) - The ‘Land of Smiles’ attracts some 14 million tourists annually to its tranquil beaches and glistening temples. But to many...
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Nitirat to push for coup nullification and amendments to lèse majesté law in...
Nitirat, a group of law academics at Thammasat University, has announced two activities to be held in January next year to campaign for amendments to Article 112 and the nullification of the 2006...
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Open letter to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinnawatra on the deportation of a...
Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network On December 27, 2011 the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network sent an open letter to the Prime Minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra on the deportation of a...
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Special report: Statistics on the use of Article 112 by ‘I pad’ and Roi Et...
Lèse majesté charges have been filed by a Prachatai reader and information from the police reveals that he has filed lèse majesté charges against at least 15 people based on comments on three articles...
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Faith and logic don't always mix
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation Nobody should be surprised that the ongoing move to abolish or at least amend the controversial lese majeste law is meeting with staunch opposition from many royalists,...
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Ignorance on Parade
Harrison George That’s your ignorance that will be on parade unless you can answer a respectable number of the following questions about 2011. But then, if you do know any answers, then you should...
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Ignorance Dispelled
Harrison George Thanks to all who had a Google-unassisted go. Some answers were even right. 1. Sarah Palin’s website put US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ electoral district in the crosshairs...
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Da Torpedo will fight her case
Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul, who was given a new sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment for lèse majesté in December last year, has decided to appeal her case, according to her lawyer Prawase Praphanukul....
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Burma: All political prisoners should be freed immediately
International Federation for Human Rights and Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma Paris-Bangkok, 6 January 2012 - The Burmese government is continuing its public relations game which has delivered...
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Matichon Interview with “Kan-thoop”
Kaewmala So who is Kan-thoop? Kan-thoop is a name that is familiar to those who have closely followed Thai politics over the past two years, especially if they are embedded in the social media....
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Kan Thoop’s police summons postponed to 11 Feb
First year Thammasat University student Kan Thoop, her cyber nickname, who was summoned by police for her internet posts allegedly offensive to the monarchy, has postponed the date for her to report to...
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New Year letter from Somyot
Somyot Pruksakasemsuk's letter from Petchaboon Prison. Petchaboon Prison 231 Praputabat Rd, Ni-Muaeng Sub-district Muaeng District Petchaboon 67000 30 Dec 2011 Dear friends, With reference to the...
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Internet freedom review with CJ Hinke
Suluck Lamubol As a part of our ‘looking forward to 2012’ series, Prachatai interviewed CJ Hinke, freedom activist and founder of FACT – Freedom against Censorship Thailand - on the situation of...
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European Union: Press Vietnam to Respect Human Rights
Human Rights Watch Dialogue Planned for January 12 in Hanoi (New York, January 11, 2012) – The European Union should press Vietnam to release all political prisoners and to carry out concrete...
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