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Thailand’s unelected parliament has no mandate to pass legislation
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) Scores of proposed bills threaten to compound dismantling of human rights protections in post-coup Thailand, including undermining the National Human...
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Police summon news editor for publishing fake royal statement
Khaosod English: An editor for the ultra-royalist Thai newspaper ASTV Manager was summoned by police today for overseeing the publication of a fake palace statement on the newspaper’s website last...
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Thai military threatens landless southern villagers
The military surrounded a village in southern Thailand and told the landless villagers to leave a disputed area while threatening a villager not to take picture of the event. According to Protection...
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Man arrested for fake Royal Household’s statement
The Thai police on Wednesday arrested a red-shirt activist for distributing the fake statement, which said King Bhumibol had decided to appoint a Regent to act on his behalf. The statement, falsely...
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National Human Rights Commission urges junta not to merge itself with Ombudsman
Thailand’s human rights agency will submit a letter to the Thai junta leader, urging it to reconsider the plan to merge the agency with the Ombudsman Office, while civil groups condemned the plan.Amara...
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Unethical Thai journalists should be ashamed of themselves
Mingla Charoenmuang In contemporary history, Thailand has experienced more military coups than any other country. But the one that took place in September 2006 when the Thai military staged a coup...
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Military bars lawyer from meeting fake royal statement suspect
The military banned a human rights lawyer from meeting a red-shirt suspect accused of publicising the fake Royal Household statement about King Bhumibol, citing martial law. The statement, falsely...
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Lèse majesté charge related to adultery filed against ex-princess's parents
A woman filed a lèse majesté complaint against the parents of the former royal consort to the Crown Prince, claiming that the couple framed her and made her go to jail. Sawita Maneechan, 31, a native...
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Japan should urge end to Thai junta
Human Rights Watch (Tokyo, February 6, 2015) – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should press Thailand’s junta leader to improve human rights and restore democratic civilian rule, Human Rights Watch...
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The Great Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha: The funny multiple-personality leader
Bigger imageGen Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Wednesday that he said he is a funny person. “I always am in good mood. I’m generally a good mood person. I’m also funny. Don’t you see when I made a joke,...
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Anti-coup activists produce MV mocking junta 'Joob Yaey Chan-o-cha'
A group of anti-coup activists produced a music video mocking the junta. It said it is aiming at breaking fear created by the military regime. Resistant Citizen, a group composed of activists,...
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Junta leader urges people to keep an eye on lèse majesté suspects
The junta leader has urged people to report lèse majesté cases and warned that he will use legal measures against lèse majesté and anti-junta political dissent. Meanwhile, the Justice Minister stepped...
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Ex-Pheu Thai MP held incommunicado by Army for 3 days
Khaodsod English : A former Pheu Thai Party MP has been held in an army camp and denied communication with the outside world for three days, a military officer confirmed. The news emerged on Friday...
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Amnesty International urges Thai junta to revoke, not enhance army’s powers...
Amnesty International 7 February 2015 -- Thai authorities must immediately cancel plans to grant the military enhanced powers to detain civilians for several months without charge or trial, Amnesty...
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Interview with Bang-La-Merd actress: Lèse majesté, thought crimes, and Thainess
Thaweeporn Kummetha and Kongpob Areerat This may be the first play attended at every show by Thai military officers. Not that the Thai military is impressed with the play, but because its content...
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Global Divestment Day at Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Southeast Asia
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Southeast Asia As a part of the Global Divestment Day, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Southeast Asia is hosting a film screening and discussion on divestment in Thailand and is inviting...
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Free of art or freedom of art: Nha San collective’s struggle for space in...
Julia Behrens It was the artist Tran Luong and a red scarf. It does not take more to make the Vietnamese police raid the German cultural center in Hanoi. An interrupted installation in a space that is...
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Thai military recruits new officers to join its brand new “Cyber warfare” unit
The Thai military is recruiting a number of new personnel for a Cyber Warfare unit to take care of cyber security matters. Col Chatchai Chaikaseam, the Director of the Cyber Warfare unit of the Thai...
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Police identify Banpodj, arrest 2 more for lèse majesté
A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of being Banpodj, the head of an alleged criminal organization, the “Banpodj Network”, defaming the monarchy on the internet. Two more...
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Thai military harass eastern university students for allegedly putting...
Military and police officers reportedly intimidated a group of students in the eastern province of Chonburi after the military suspected them of hanging up an anti-junta banner. According to Burapha...
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