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A hidden issue: What Thai deaf gays now face
Takato Mitsunaga Chaiwat Limprasertying, 33, knew he was gay when he was 12 years old, when he found himself different from others. But he is used to being different. He was born deaf. He couldn’t...
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On reconciliation, memory and justice in Cambodia: Interview with Youk Chhang
Suluck Lamubol Named as one of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2007 by Time magazine, Youk Chhang turned the misfortune and suffering of his childhood under the Khmer Rouge into a...
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Documentary highlights miscarriage of justice in Thailand’s Deep South
Documentary film ‘His name is Ashaari’ by a group of independent filmmakers highlights the case of a young Malay-Muslim man who was beaten to death by military officers during one night in custody in...
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Court of Appeal finds Prachatai Director guilty in lèse majesté-related case
Thaweeporn Kummetha The Court of Appeal on Friday at 10 am ruled that Chiranuch Premchaiporn was guilty of allowing lèse majesté comments, posted by others, on her website. The Court of Appeal upheld...
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Parking Mad
Harrison George A police proposal to expunge longstanding traffic tickets has turned into a major controversy that threatens to overthrow the government. Some commentators have even gone as far as...
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Red shirts’ mixed thoughts on Pheu Thai and amnesty bill appear at protest
Thaweeporn Kummetha A few thousand anti-establishment red-shirt supporters gathered at Ratchaprasong intersection, a commercial district of Bangkok, to protest against the controversial blanket...
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[multimedia] Red shirts '10,000 UP' against blanket amnesty bill
Thousands of red shirts led by Sombat Boongamanong gathered at Ratchaprasong intersection on Sunday to speak out against the blanket amnesty draft bill. Sombat said the the rally, which preceded the...
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Interview: Commoners’ party insists on the need to amend the lèse majesté law
Thaweeporn Kummetha While the ruling Pheu Thai Party has disappointed its red-shirt voters over the controversial blanket amnesty bill, the idea of an alternative political party has been discussed...
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Special report: Alternative parties in polarized Thai politics
Thaweeporn Kummetha Red-shirts' anti-blanket amnesty bill gathering at Bangkok commercial Ratchaprasong on Sunday, November 10, 2013. “As soon as I heard from the TV news that the blanket amnesty...
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Lèse-majesté and the Thai Judiciary’s Assault on History
David Streckfuss, independent scholar There have not been many Thai Sumpreme Court lese majesty cases that have been made public—the last one was Veera Musikapong’s 1988 case—and so it is always...
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The Total Cost of Amnesty
Nidhi Eoseewong Note: The original title of this essay in Thai was “ราคาสุดซอย,” which literally means “The Cost of the End of the Soi Amnesty.” A soi is a small street off a larger one. One of the...
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Supreme Court rules to have lèse-majesté cover Thailand’s former-king
Thaweeporn Kummetha The Supreme Court recently handed out a landmark verdict in a lèse majesté case in which the defendant was found guilty of defaming King Rama IV, reigning between 1851-1868,...
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The Letters and the Law
Harrison George The flames of anti-government protests have been further fanned with a ruling by the International Court of Alphabetical Justice (often called the World Letters Court) that the Thai...
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Lèse majesté law applicable to former Kings: Full translation of Supreme...
Below is an unofficial translation of the Supreme Court's verdict which stated on May 8, 2013 that Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law, is applicable to Thailand's former Kings....
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Both sides of divide need to recognise their blind spots
Pravit Rojanaphruk As both sides of the political divide escalate the mutual animosity, mostly shouting at one another instead of trying to be mutually empathetic, two issues need to be demystified....
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'Netiwit' rejects Human Rights Youth Award from National Human Rights...
Netiwit Chotipatpaisal, a M.5 student who has led a national campaign against compulsory haircuts in school since last year, has rejected his nomination for a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)...
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Academics condemn Supreme Court’s ruling to have lèse majesté cover former...
Thaweeporn Kummetha At the latest book fair in Bangkok, one of the best sellers, though controversial, was Chanan Yodhong's Nai Nai during the Reign of King Rama VI. The book explores male...
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Leaders’ Retreat in Singapore: Yingluck Returning to the City State
Pavin Chachavalpongpun Yingluck’s visit to Singapore, December 2011. Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will pay a two-day visit to Singapore from 26-27 November, the first overseas trip...
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Taking a Constitutional
Harrison George The Constitutional Court ruling that it is unconstitutional to amend the Constitution is proof of the sacrosanct nature of the document, so unutterably perfect that no change could...
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Philippines, Vietnam worst countries for impunity in the region in 2013
SEAPA BANGKOK, 23 November - The Philippines and Vietnam are again at the top of countries of concern related to the continuing problem of impunity in Southeast Asia, says the Southeast Asian Press...
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