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UN review sheds light on Thailand’s degrading prison conditions
Suluck Lamubol The UN Committee Against Torture last week reviewed Thailand’s record on torture and inhumane treatment, and expressed concerns about Thailand’s prisons which house the 6th highest...
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Likhit Dhiravegin Interview - Part 1: On Suthep and the question of...
Kaewmala Mr. Suthep to “reclaim sovereign power” for “the people”Mr. Suthep Thuagsuban, leader of the anti-government protest movement and secretary to the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC),...
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Constitutional Court removes Yingluck from caretaker office, Niwatthamrong...
Suluck Lamubol The Constitutional Court on Wednesday unanimously voted to remove Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and nine other cabinet members from the caretaker positions. The court found...
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Thailand: Six people now in jail under lèse-majesté laws
Paris, Bangkok, 9 May 2014: Thailand must release all six people currently detained under draconian lèse-majesté laws, FIDH and its member organization Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) said today. On 1...
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Likhit Dhiravegin Interview - Part 2: On the orchestration of a political vacuum
Kaewmala On May 7, 2014, the Constitutional Court ousted caretaker PM Yingluck Shinawatra from office for abusing her power in transferring the former national security chief Mr. Thawil Pliensri....
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As you were
Harrison George Drafting a reform package seems to be the new game in town that anyone can play. And I’m anyone. But unlike politicians, I learn from experience.Everybody else’s reform proposals have...
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Likhit Dhiravegin Interview – Part 3: On Article 7 and appointing a new PM
Kaewmala Likhit Dhiravegin, right, speaks to Jomquan Laophetch. Pic from YouTube. On May 9, 2014, the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) kicked off its “all-out final battle” to oust the...
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Weekly News Round Up: May 12
King Bhumibol Marks 64 Years on the throne | EC regulations on the use of armoured vehicles and bulletproof vests | PDRC's final battle for an appointed "People's Government"King Bhumibol Marks 64...
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Nitirat academic: what most people understand about the charter court's...
Thaweeporn Kummetha Thailand last week was stunned by the Constitutional Court’s ruling to remove Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and some cabinet members from their caretaker positions. The...
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Appeal Court sentences man to more than 3 years in jail for selling CDs of...
Thaweeporn Kummetha The Thai Appeal Court on May 8 affirmed the decision of the Court of First Instance, sentencing Ekkachai H. to three years and four months in jail and a fine of 66,666 baht for...
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Short-term gains not worth the long-term losses
Pravit Rojanaphruk It is understandable that many people are literally obsessed about what will be the next political twist and turn. They are concerned about whether caretaker prime minister...
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Police summons Reuters reporters to hear charges over Rohingya story
Thaweeporn Kummetha Phuket police have issued summonses for Reuters and two Reuters reporters, one of whom is a member of the team which won Pulitzer, to hear charges with respect to a story which...
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From electricity to irrigation: is the Pak Mun Dam a lose-lose?
Dani Corona and Allie Quintano UBON RATCHATHANI, THAILAND—The door of the Huahaew Irrigation Station is haphazardly ajar, its gray walls losing in a battle with rust. The station is vacant, its...
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AFDD statement: Election = Solution, Illegal PM = a cul-de-sac
Assembly for the Defense of Democracy (AFDD) Public Statement The protracted demonstrations led by the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) during the past six months have clearly indicated a...
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Two Years After the Death of “Ah Kong SMS”
Thantawut Taweewarodomkul Translated by Tyrell Haberkorn. Translator’s introduction: On 23 November 2011, Amphon Tangnoppakul, age 61, was sentenced to twenty years in prison under Article 112 and the...
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Privilege and Injustice in the Khon San Forest Preserve
Story & Photos by Sara Diaz and Maren Meyers KHON SAN, CHAIYAPHUM— Frustrated by years of government inaction, 169 families took back a fraction of the land that was once theirs in protest of...
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Anti-junta protester charged with spraying anti-coup message on junta’s...
Thai police arrested Supanmanee Choochaw on Friday after she joined an anti-coup protest at the Victory Monument and sprayed "No Coup" on the hood of the military’s Humvee on Wednesday. Supanmanee,...
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American Position vis-à-vis Thai Coup: Illusion Part One
Pavin Chachavalpongpun The coup was staged on 22 May—it is the 19th coup since Thailand abolished its absolute monarchy in 1932. While domestic pressure has been built up against the coup,...
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Canada Concerned by Worsening Human Rights Situation in Thailand
May 29, 2014 - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement one week on from the military coup in Thailand:“Canada is profoundly concerned by recent serious and regrettable...
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Australia's response to Thailand's coup
The Australian Government continues to have grave concerns about the actions of the military in Thailand.Since the military seized control of government functions on 22 May, the Government has...
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