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Matichon Interview with Thammasat University Rector on Kanthoop and Article 112
Kaewmala Matichon published its interview of Dr. Somkit Lertpaithoon on 4 January 2012. Dr. Somkit Lertpaithoon is the rector of Thammasat University who also teaches public law. The entire interview...
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Khamnoon: not just Article 112 that Nitirat has in mind
Although the Nitirat group uses the word ‘amendments’ to Article 112, its proposals, when looked in detail, are tantamount to abolition and a significant restructuring of the Criminal Code regarding...
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THAILAND: Open letter from Somyot Pruksakasemsuk
An open letter from the Malaysian Support Group for Democracy in Thailand on behalf of Mr. Somyot Pruksakasemsuk to those concerned with freedom of expression and political prisoners in Thailand. 30...
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Clean Up the Act Now
Frank G Anderson Given the tremendous negative image and loss of reputation Thailand has engendered over the last five or six years arising from vigorous prosecution of lese majesté cases and cases...
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Solution within reach to murder of Thai journalist
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders notes the progress announced by the authorities in the investigation into the murder of Wisut “Ae Inside” Tangwittayaporn, a freelance journalist...
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Worse Than Article 112
Fringe Philosopher Today I was tremendously affected by things that I saw, so much so that I was at a loss for words. First, in the morning, I saw the Facebook status of a former student of mine. My...
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Nitirat’s Sunday event moved to Sriburapha Auditorium
Nitirat’s ‘Nullification of the effects of the 2006 coup’ event, to be held this Sunday 22 January, has been moved from the Faculty of Law to the Sriburapha Auditorium at the Tha Prachan campus of...
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Offence is not a reason to censor
An interview with UN Special Rapporteur Frank La Rue by Cherian George of Nanyang Technology University of Singapore on 13 Jan 2012. One of the main developments last year was the loss of steam for the...
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Sondhi urges military to stage a coup
‘Soldiers, don’t sit still. Come out and seize power. PAD supporters across the country will join the soldiers to seize Thailand back from those scoundrels,’ said Sondhi Limthongkul in a broadcast...
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No Bent Copper
Harrison George Retired Pol Gen Vasit Dejkunjorn is not your average policeman. Apart from winning literary awards, he is regarded as a leading anomaly in the Thai police – an honest copper. He gives...
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Somyot in court in Nakhon Sawan
John Maynard As he shuffled into the court room in central Thailand wearing leg chains that dragged across the wooden floor I saw the same warmth in the greeting that I had seen 30 years ago. This...
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Thailand: Downward Slide on Human Rights
Human Rights Watch New Government Fails to Pursue Promised Reforms (New York, January 23, 2012) – The human rights situation in Thailand deteriorated in 2011 as the government failed to address...
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Interviews with two journalists and blogger freed from prison in Burma
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders, with help from its Partner organization Burma Media Association, is distributing video interviews with the journalists U Zeya and Sithu Zeya of the...
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A catalogue of threats against the Khana Nitirat
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Yesterday [22 Jan], the Khana Nitirat, the group of seven lecturers at Thammasat University who work to put law in the service of the people, held a public seminar on the...
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Something Wrong With them? Not them…us!
Brian Knight Forever to blame the bearer of bad news as the bad news itself, those who don’t like to hear the truth, or at least a great speech about it and why it’s occasionally necessary to be told...
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Three arrest warrants issued over journalist's murder
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders is shocked by the revelations of the investigation into the murder of the freelance journalist, Wisut “Ae Inside” Tangwittayaporn, shot dead in...
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Lese-majeste law leading to censorship
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation One of the least explored aspects of the lese-majeste law is censorship and self-censorship of anything that can be considered even mildly critical of the monarchy....
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National Human Rights Commission of Thailand statement on the "Penal Code...
National Human Rights Commission According to the recent media reports stating that National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT) supports the amendment to Section 112 of the Penal Code, the...
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Campaign for amendments to Article 112 in Chiang Mai
Red Coffee shop on Sri Don Chai Road in Chiang Mai has held activities in support of Nitirat’s calls for amendments to Article 112 and the nullification of the 2006 coup’s legal effects, providing live...
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Request to have hearing of Somyot Prueksakasemsuk held in Bangkok rejected by...
Front Line On 26 January 2012, Front Line Defenders was informed that the request of human rights defender Mr Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, to have the next session of the court hearing against him heard in...
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