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Flight of Fancy
Harrison George Friends of Thai Democracy are becoming increasingly anxious as the search for its whereabouts or any trace of its remains now enters its third month.After taking off on 9 December from...
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Scholars slam Constitutional Court decision, say it paves the way for an...
A group of academics formed to support the Feb 2 election has slammed the Constitutional Court’s decision on Thursday which annulled the election on the grounds that voting could not be held on the...
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Crime of the State: Enforced disappearance, killings and impunity
Thaweeporn Kummetha In October 2003, Jawa Jalo, an ethnic Lahu, was captured by armed state officials during a search of a litchi farm in a northern border province. Although the officials who...
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Appeal Court dismisses lèse majesté case related to Facebook page
The Appeal Court on Wednesday affirmed the decision of the Court of the First Instance, finding Surapak P. not guilty of creating a lèse majesté Facebook page, parodying the oath of succession of the...
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Myanmar’s census, a senseless comedy act?
Lanna Walsh In just a few days, Myanmar will undertake its first census in 30 years, a project criticized for having the potential to undermine the ongoing peace process and risk further ethnic and...
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Court rules man shot by soldiers in 2010 military crackdown on reds
Thai Criminal Court on Tuesday ruled that Narin Srichomphoo, an anti-establishment red-shirt supporter, was killed by a high velocity bullet shot by the military. A photo taken at the scene on 19 May...
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Activists sue Ombudsman and Constitutional Court judges for nullifying Feb 2...
Student activists in Khon Kaen Province filed complaints at the Administrative Court on Monday against members of the Office of the Ombudsman for filing a request to the Constitutional Court to annul...
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UPDATE: Appeal Court dismisses lèse majesté case related to Facebook profile
The Appeal Court on Wednesday affirmed the decision of the Court of the First Instance, finding Surapak P. not guilty of creating a lèse majesté Facebook profile, parodying the oath of succession of...
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Standard Deviation
Harrison George Following the decision of the suddenly even-handed Election Commission to call for a re-run of the Bangkok governor’s election, political office holders around the country are looking...
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Interview with Prajak Kongkirati on Thailand’s way out
Thaweeporn Kummetha and Pinpaka Ngamsom The latest round of political conflict in Thailand has lasted more than five months. The conflict erupted in October with the proposal of a controversial...
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Reform makes winners of us all
Harrison George I trust you were as shocked as I was to read the outrageous ‘Gridlock makes losers of us all’ column by Atiya Achakulwisut in last Tuesday’s Bangkok Post. It being April 1, I...
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Red Shirt-PDRC showdown on Constitutional Court Judgement Day
Pongpan Chumjai The pro-government United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) or red-shirt protesters have rallied since Saturday on Aksa Road on the western outskirts of Bangkok, vowing to...
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With Hunger, A Long Fight for Democracy
Suluck Lamubol It was the same spot where this 71-year-old man held a 45-day long hunger strike in 1992 to protest against General Suchinda Kraprayoon, then Prime Minister who came from a coup he led...
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Hardcore red Kotee target of lèse majesté charge
Thaweeporn Kummetha Kotee, a prominent hardcore pro-government red-shirt leader, has been the target of lèse majesté charges after he spoke to the foreign media about who is really behind the on-going...
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ASEAN Political and Security Community: A Reality?
Pavin Chachavalpongpun Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet every year. They often share an upbeat outlook on ongoing regionalization, which will witness the grouping...
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National Insecurity
Harrison George The latest attempt to remove Acting Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over the transfer of former, and now re-instated, National Security Council Secretary-General Thawil Pliensri has...
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Call for withdrawal of charges against Phuketwan journalists
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders reiterates its call for the withdrawal of all proceedings against two journalists who are to be tried tomorrow in the southwestern province of...
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Songkran Behind Bars
Noom Rednon Translator’s note: This is a different kind of new year story. Every year, Buddhist New Year is observed from 13-15 April. People tend to spend the holiday with their family and friends....
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Inquest rulings on the April-May 2010 political violence
See bigger image here Accountability for the political violence in April and May 2010, which cost 98 lives and injured over 2,000 people, is still incomplete even after full four years have passed. In...
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Devil’s Discus book seller acquitted of defaming monarchy
The Criminal Court on Thursday acquitted a 65-year-old vendor of a charge of lèse majesté. He had been arrested for selling the banned book ‘Devil’s Discus’ at yellow shirt rallies in 2006.The book,...
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