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Bangkokians mourn attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo
About 40 people gathered in central Bangkok to mourn the deadly attack on a French satirical magazine head office and showing support for those exercising freedom of expression.Thais and foreigners...
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Is citing monarchy for personal interests a lèse-majesté?
iLaw Towards the end of 2014, the arrests of high ranking police officers and the siblings of Srirasmi, former Royal Consort to the Crown Prince, made the headlines in Thai and International media....
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Military kill 2 suspected insurgents during raids at school in Deep South
Thai military reportedly killed two suspected insurgents and arrested three suspects during a raid at a school in Thailand’s restive Deep South. However, there are reports that another woman was also...
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Thai police arrest 2 ex-PM Yingluck supporters for 3-finger salute
The police arrested two people flashing the three-fingered salute in front of the parliament in support of former PM Yingluck Shinawatra.The police at around 13:30pm on Friday arrested a man and a...
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Thai junta to pass bill allowing police to intercept communications
Kongpob Areerat The Thai police have been notorious for their use of torture to force confessions and the arrest of scapegoats. The two Myanmar suspects accused of killing two British backpackers on...
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Thai royalists condemn UNHCR as“ungrateful to Thailand” after it grants...
After the media reported that the UNHCR had granted a high-profile lèse majesté suspect refugee status, Thai royalists fiercely attacked the UNHCR on its Thai Facebook page, saying they would stop...
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Thai Army TV bans student activist after she asks about coup
Thai Army TV banned a student activist from a talk programme after she raised questions about the legitimacy of the May 2014 coup d’état with a member of the junta’s appointed National Reform...
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Transport Ministry asks low cost airlines not to discount too much as it...
The Transport Ministry has urged low cost airlines not to cut air fares too low after tour bus operators complained that they have lost a significant number of customers. The move came after tour bus...
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Culture Ministry to publish moral fables for children to promote junta's...
Thai Ministry of Culture aims to promote the junta’s controversial 12 nationalistic Thai values by publishing books of fables.Nuntiya Swangvudthitham, Director-General of the Department of Culture...
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Inch by Inch
Harrison George Fresh from their resounding victory in the National Reform Council over the calculation of mobile phone fees, the guardians of consumer rights are turning their sights onto other...
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Thai shopping mall giant embraces martial law, saying the law is good for...
A Thai shopping mall operator embraced the imposition of the martial law after the May 2014 coup d’état, saying that there is no need to worry about political rallies to obstruct the business.Supalak...
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Chiang Rai military court continues to try lèse majesté suspect despite...
The military court in Chiang Rai held the first hearing of a lèse majesté trial despite an obvious lack of intention on the part of the defendant who allegedly was out of his mind when committing the...
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Thai UNHCR closes FB page after being threatened by Thai royalists over lese...
After being attacked by Thai ultra-royalists who who resented the UNHCR for the alleged role in givingถ a lese majeste suspect refugee status, the Thailand’s branch of UNHCR closed down its facebook...
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Thai police arrests ‘movement’ of online monarchy defamers
The authorities arrested a man for posting lese majeste on Facebook and said he was part of a movement to discredit the Thai monarchy on the Internet.The police from Technology Crime Suppression...
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Thai charter to include regulations on hate speech
Thai constitutional drafters, under the military regime, is including regulations on ‘hate speech’ in the new constitutional draft for the first time in Thai law. Kamnoon Sidhisaman, the spokesperson...
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Thai Junta’s Digital Economy bills are national security bills in disguise:...
Six civil organizations denounced the eight Digital Economy bills, recently approved by the junta, saying they are national security bills in disguise and that the bill will pave the way for state...
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Thai Prison Labor Plan Draws International Condemnation
Human Rights Watch (Washington, D.C.) -- More than a dozen labor and human rights organizations today sent a letter to Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, asking him to end a pilot project to...
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Red-shirt figure accused of lèse majesté and rebellion
The leader of an ultra-royalist group has accused a left-leaning red-shirt political activist of defaming the monarchy and of rebellion against the Thai state. Maj Gen Rientong Nan-nah, the leader of...
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2 Thai drivers charged with trafficking '400' Rohingya
Khaosod English : Two Thai men have been arrested for allegedly trafficking nearly 400 Rohingya into southern Thailand. Police charged Sawasdi Phadungchart, 27, and Sutthipong Chuaipattana, 49, with...
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Isan civil society urges junta to lift martial law, stop forest protection plan
Northeastern NGOs have urged the junta to reconsider the implementation of the Return the Forest policies, stating that they have aggravated serious human rights violations against the poor while the...
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