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Update on The “NLA Sit-In” Trial of 10 Thai Human Rights Defenders

Activists who have been charged for trespassing the National Legislative Assembly in 2007 and their lawyers wish to invite observers from human rights and media rights organisations and representatives...

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Ahead of the Plot that’s Afoot

Harrison George  The scene: an upstairs room in a non-descript house on a side soi in suburban Bangkok. The date: Valentine’s Day 2012. A training session is in process. Trainer: OK, let’s recap what...

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Website editor’s trial resumes, court hears defence witnesses

Reporters Without Borders The trial of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, the editor of the Prachatai news website, resumed before a Bangkok court on 14 February after a long interruption, with testimony being...

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THAILAND: Meechai Ruchupan to Testify in First Witness Examination of the...

All press and public are invited to observe the "NLA Sit-in" trial, the case of which stemmed from direct actions by a thousand strong activists in 2007 against the rush to pass repressive laws by the...

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Criminal Defamation Cases against Frank G Anderson

The following is an update regarding two criminal defamation cases filed against Frank G Anderson by Royal Thai Police based on accusations against him filed by UK national Akbar Khan and Thai police...

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THAILAND: Continued impunity for enforced disappearance in Thailand

Asian Legal Resource Centre A written statement submitted to the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status The...

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MPs and politicians from ASEAN on February 23–25 fact-finding mission to...

ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus Leading ASEAN MPs and members of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) will be in Thailand on a three-day fact-finding mission from February...

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Thai Civil Society and Human Rights Coalition urged the government to uphold...

Civil Society and Human Rights Coalition of Thailand Civil Society and Human Rights Coalition of Thailand (CHRC), comprised of more than 50 organizations, institutions and groups, is urging the Thai...

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Rice After the Floods: Production Up, Exports Down

Aim Sinpeng The 2011 floods that ravaged one-quarter of Thailand have not, surprisingly, adversely affected overall rice production. That should be good news for the government. Since rice has become...

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Suit and diplomacy

Frank G Anderson Accusing America’s single-most important ally in Southeast Asia of unwarranted interference in the affairs of the United States may sound a bit strong. And especially so in this age...

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Tul on why he opposes changes to Article 112

Dr Tul Sitthisomwong, leader of royalist multi-coloured group, explained his opposition against proposed amendments to the lese majeste law or Article 112 of the Criminal Code at an event held by the...

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“Family Fight” killed another innocent victim

Pipob Udomittipong Another victim of state violence in 2010, Mr. Thanuwat Assawasirimankong, aka “Uncle Kim”, passed away yesterday after almost two years of pains and immovability. He died of the...

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Forget the superpowers, we need to pursue reform

Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation They are not shouting "Death to America!" yet, unlike some people in Afghanistan and Iran, but more Thai ultra-royalists have over the past few weeks become rather...

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Appeals Court denies bail for Amphon

The Appeals Court has rejected Amphon Tangnoppakul’s bail request, saying that it ‘does not believe that the defendant will not flee.’  The public prosecutor has been granted yet another month to...

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All Greek to Me

Harrison George  The accepted reaction among BBC newsreaders to the Greek sovereign debt crisis seems to be that of exasperated parents faced with a stroppy six-year-old. They are clearly bored to...

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Laos: Situation of minorities remains dire as Laos goes before the UN...

International Federation for Human Rights Geneva-Paris-Bangkok, 27 February 2012 - Although Laos has become a State party to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial...

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The serious human rights situation in Myanmar requires the Human Rights...

Amnesty International Amnesty International’s written statement to the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council (27 February – 23 March 2012) Over the past year, Myanmar’s human rights situation...

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Activist sued by monk walks to report to police in Fang, Chiang Mai

Phansak Srithep has finished a long walk from Chiang Mai to Fang District to report to local police following complaints lodged against him by a monk with whom he had a heated dispute on Facebook over...

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Surachai gets 7.5 years in prison

On 28 Feb, Surachai Danwatthananusorn, leader of the Red Siam group, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for lèse majesté on three counts, but the jail term was commuted by half due to his guilty plea....

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Thai education failures – Part 2: Test scores, standards and accountability

Kaewmala “F” for the explanations of ridiculous O-NET questions This year’s ridiculous O-NET exam questions caused much kerfuffle which had the executives of the National Institute of Educational...

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