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Through a Glass, Darkly: Pheu Thai Reborn?
John Draper Pheu Thai’s policies have been dismissed as ‘populism’, but elements of them can more properly be categorized as belonging to ‘Socialism of the 21st Century’, a movement embraced by...
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UPDATE: 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 ‘The Devil’s Discus’ at yellow shirt rallies in 2006. The...
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Parents sue daughter for lèse majesté
A Thai mother and father have sued their daughter, a vocal anti-establishment red-shirt residing in the UK, for posting video clips of herself defaming the monarchy after they received a storm of hate...
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Justice depraved is justice denied
Harrison George Readers may already be aware of the Rights and Liberties Protection Department of the Ministry of Justice, a government agency that performs such sterling work as helping victims of...
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Netiwit urges National Human Rights Commission to take a stance on vigilante...
Netiwit Chotipatpaisal, a vocal high school student activist known for his campaigns on education reform, last week sent an open letter to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) calling on them to...
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Burma: A tribute to Win Tin, Burma’s voice of reason
22 April 2014 - With the death of Win Tin, Burma loses its voice of reason and an extraordinary example of dedication, perseverance, and courage in the face of tyranny and oppression, FIDH and its...
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Well-known red shirt poet/activist reportedly shot dead by unknown assailants
Prominent red shirt activist Kamol Duangphasuk, or known by his poet name Mainueng K. Kunthee, was reportedly shot dead by unknown assailants in front of a restaurant on Ladphrao Rd, according to...
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Obituary: Mainueng K. Kunthee, a prominent red-shirt poet
Mainueng K. Kunthee was the pen name of Kamol Duangphasuk, a prominent red-shirt poet and activist who was shot dead on Wednesday evening by unknown assailants. Born in Amphawa District of central...
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Bid to remove anti-lese majeste 'trash' will likely backfire
Pravit Rojanaphruk @PravitR Those defaming the monarchy are "trash" to be removed and put behind bars. So says Dr Rienthong Nanna, the leader of a new ultra-royalist vigilante group. The group that...
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Weekly News Roundup: April 22
Suthep's march at Asiatique calls for the last fightSuthep's "meet 'n' greet" rally on Sunday, 20 April 2014. (source: fb.com/RatchadamnoenAvenue)Suthep Thaugsuban meets his supporters at Asiatique the...
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“Don’t Lose Hope” – Law, Policy and Syrian Refugees in Thailand
Kohnwilai Teppunkoonngam* At a prison in Samut Prakan Province, Mohammad (an alias), a Palestinian refugee from Syria, told us, “Please tell my wife for me, that I hope to return to her and our baby...
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Interview with the Phuketwan journalists who face charges for reporting the...
The plight of the Muslim Rohingya ethnic group has been a chronic serious human rights problem. Some of the Rohingya fled religious and ethnic suppression in Myanmar to southern Thailand on boats....
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Open Letter on the Third Anniversary of the Imprisonment of Somyot...
On the Occasion of the International Thai Studies Conference, Sydney, Australia, 24 April 2014Somyot Prueksakasemsuk is a long-time labour rights activist and human rights defender in Thailand. Since...
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Clean Sweep
Harrison George Maj Gen Dr Rienthong Naenna, creator and leader of yet another anti-lèse majesté movement of outraged citizens, has run into some initial flak in his patriotic endeavours. And I don’t...
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Free Somyot and promote public debate on lèse-majesté
FIDH Paris-Bangkok-Geneva, April 29, 2014. Thailand must release labour rights activist Somyot Prueksakasemsuk and promote a free, open, and informed public debate on lèse-majesté, FIDH and OMCT,...
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Isa Polenghi, sister of Italian photojournalist killed in 2010 violence, dies...
Suluck Lamubol Elisabetta Polenghi, Italian photographer and younger sister of Fabio Polenghi, who was killed during Thailand’s political violence in 2010, passed away in Italy on Monday late...
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Appeal Court sentences red leader "Jeng Dokjik" 2 years in jail for lese...
Thaweeporn Kummetha The Thai Appeal Court on Thursday upheld the verdict of the Court of First Instance, sentencing Yotwarit Chuklom aka Jeng Dokjik, a comedian turned red-shirt activist and...
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Weekly News Roundup: May 1
PDRC “Buddha Issara” apologizes to military personnel for gun attackThe Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters (RTARF HQ) handout photo taken on April 25, 2014 shows a guard leader for the Buddha Issara...
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‘Some are more unequal than others’ (with apologies to George Orwell)
Harrison George Anyone who has glanced at the best-seller lists recently might be forgiven for thinking that we’ve suffered a 150-year time warp. Topping the charts is a hefty tome entitled ‘Capital’...
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"Last Round" of Suthep over 180 days
What does "Last round" mean to Suthep? An infographic shows speeches of Suthep Thaugsuban on the PDRC stage, addresing to the protesters about the "last round" of fights against Thaksin regime which...
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