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Man accused of lese majeste after claiming monarchy for scam
A prosecutor and several others filed lese majeste complaint against the Secretary-General of the Office of the Under Royal Graciousness for embezzling money through a false royal project. According...
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Rights groups urge ASEAN to break silence on enforced disappearance of...
On the second anniversary of the enforced disappearance of prominent Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned regional and international organizations, firmly condemn the Lao...
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Former princess demoted to commoner, official record confirms
Khaosod English— The wife of the Crown Prince of Thailand has not been granted any honourary titles after she rescinded her royal status late Friday night, official records have confirmed. Srirasmi,...
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On probation with the state: a record
Duangjai Puangkaew I am not your trained animal. I decided to write a record. With a perhaps unavoidable vulnerability, I write because I want to tell the outside world that each of us has a collar,...
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Baird marks 2nd anniversary of disappearance of Sombath Somphone
Foreign Affairs, Trade, Development of Canada December 14, 2014 - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird issued the following statement today on the second anniversary of the disappearance of Sombath...
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Thai government fails to clean up toxic in streams
Human Rights Watch (Bangkok, December 16, 2014) – The Thai government has failed to clean up toxic lead in a stream in western Thailand, threatening hundreds of families with serious and irreversible...
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Thai military storms forum on land rights in Isan, threatens organizers with...
More than 100 farmers in a northeastern province face charges on land encroachment as a result of the junta's Return the Forest policy, after the military prohibited the farmers from holding a public...
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Junta leader presses ICT Ministry to be harsher on lèse majesté websites
The Thai junta leader has ordered the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) to deploy harsher measures on lèse majesté websites. According Daily News, Prayut Chan-o-cha, head of...
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The interrupted lives of the 'Khon Kaen Model' families
Kate Cowie-Haskell and Plia Xiong Seven months ago twenty-six people were arrested in Khon Kaen and now face charges of terrorism and treason—offences that could exact the death penalty. The case,...
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Thai junta accuses self-exiled journalist for spreading rumours causing SET...
Thai junta on Tuesday accused a Thai journalist living in self-exile of spreading rumours about the Thai King’s health, which caused the Stock Exchange of Thailand to plunge dramatically on Monday....
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Thai authority vows it's blocked 1,200 alleged lese majeste websites
The minister of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) vowed that it has blocked about 1,200 alleged lese majeste websites since the coup took place on 22 May, after the latest...
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Military to send rubber farmer activists to military camp for ‘attitude...
The military ordered six rubber farmers to be detained in a military camp for ‘attitude adjustment’ after they campaigned for a rubber price subsidy.According to the Post Today Online, Maj Gen Kueakun...
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Self-exiled journalist clarifies allegation that his report caused SET to plunge
Jom Petpradab, the self-exiled journalist, allegedly spreading the rumour about the Thai King’s health which caused the Thai stock market to plunge, revealed the rumour may come from his report citing...
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Imitations of Immortality
Harrison George Weeks of rumour and speculation were partly confirmed this week with an announcement by the Foundation for Community Educational Media, the organization which produces Prachatai, which...
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Ex-lese majeste convict pleads guilty to charge on defying the junta’s order
Ex-lese majeste suspect charged with disobeying the junta’s order pleaded guilty for failing to report himself to the junta in June, despite the fact that he was arrested by the junta earlier.Nut S.,...
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Junta eyes giving police more teeth
The cabinet gave the green light to the Royal Thai Police proposal to provide the Special Branch Police with the authority to carry out searches, arrests, and detention of suspects. Meanwhile, the...
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Land rights activists condemn junta’s Return Forest policy after nearly 1,800...
Community rights groups have urged the junta not to ignore community rights and to reconsider their forest protection policies after nearly 1,800 families, most of them in Thailand’s North and...
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Army files lese majeste complaint against Chiang Rai FB user
An Army unit in northern Thailand filed police complaint, accusing a businessman of defaming the King on Facebook. The Chiang Rai Army’s Peace and Order Maintaining Command sent a representative to...
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Thai junta threatens other countries with bilateral ties if helping political...
The Thai junta is trying hard to press other countries to extradite political exiles allegedly defaming the revered Thai monarchy, saying that they should think twice about the long term relations with...
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Junta invites students to participate in reform but continues intimidating...
Kongpob Areerat The junta has invited student organizations from leading universities nationwide to voice opinions in a national reform forum while ironically continuing to abuse its power under...
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