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Plus ça change
Harrison George Oh what a relief. No longer do we have to fear the knock on the door from martial law officers at some ungodly hour of the night. Nor should we worry any more about the hooded journey...
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Former senator accused of defaming monarchy
An anti-corruption group has filed a lèse majesté complaint against a former senator from Thailand’s Northeast. According to Matichon Online, on 8 April 2015, Sorachat Thongpen, the secretary-general...
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Redshirts downsize crackdown anniversary event, heeding junta's order
Khaosod English: A top Redshirt leader says he will comply with the junta's orders to scale back an event planned for Friday to commemorate the Redshirt protesters who were killed in the 2010 military...
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Khon Kaen student displays banner against university privatisation
A student in Thailand’s Northeast has displayed a banner and distributed leaflets against university privatisation.A student of Khon Kaen University, the largest university of the northeastern region...
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BURMA/MYANMAR: Government does not recognise detained students from UDE as...
Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Since 10 March 2015, the Burmese government has detained 70 students and their supporters in Tharawaddy Prison. Out of the 127 students arrested and detained, 70...
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Thai junta expands military power in new order, citing Article 44
Khaosod English: Thailand’s military junta issued an order on Wednesday evening granting Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha and his Cabinet members the power to request military assistance with law...
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Thai military forces cancellation of Buddhist ceremony to mourn victims of...
The Thai military ordered relatives of red shirts who were killed during the April-May 2010 military crackdown on the red shirt protest to cancel a Buddhist ceremony to mourn the victims, claiming that...
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Proposed disenfranchisement of ethnic Northerners real, explained
John Draper Prachatai recently carried a column by this author suggesting, based on this column by the Bangkok Pundit in association with Allen Hicken of www.thaidatapoints.com, that over 30 mountain...
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Thai senior statesman suggests ‘Thai identity’ as solution to restive south
A senior statesman of Thailand has advised that ‘Thai identity’ could be used as a solution to the problems and conflicts of the Muslim south.Gen Prem Tinsulanonda, a national statesman and President...
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Khon Kaen students hold activity opposing junta’s university privatisation plan
Students of the largest university in Thailand’s Northeast put up banners against the junta’s university privatisation plan. About 10 students of Khon Kaen University of the northeastern province of...
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Thai authorities shut down red shirt TV stations
Thai authorities shutdowned two satellite TV stations affiliated with the anti-establishment red shirt for seven days in the name of national security.According to Thai News Agency, Takorn Tantasit,...
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Provincial court sentences 4 northeastern villagers allegedly encroached into...
The provincial court in Thailand’s Northeast handed jail terms to four villagers accused of land encroachment and put 29 others on trials under the same charge. According to Thai Lawyers for Human...
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Thai government should expedite investigation into disappearance of Karen...
United Nations Human Rights Office for South-East Asia (OHCHR) (BANGKOK, 16 APRIL 2015) - The United Nations Human Rights Office for South-East Asia (OHCHR) reiterated concerns about the lack...
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Blood on the Tarmac
Harrison George She is a paragon of a Thai citizen. She fasts after noon every wan phra and she knows the Pali responses in Buddhist ceremonies (but not always what they mean). Even more religiously...
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Referendum may doom new charter: NRC chairman
Khaosod English: The chairman of Thailand's interim parliament has expressed concern that the new charter will not pass a referendum vote if the Thai people are not properly informed about its new...
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The woman behind Somyos Pruksakasemsuk on 4th anniversary behind bar - Part I
30 April will be the fourth anniversary of the deprivation of freedom of the red-shirt political magazine editor, sentenced to 10 years in jail for articles he did not write. His wife has been very...
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Thai junta expands its authority in the name of national security
The Thai junta issued a new order to expand its authority, allowing itself to grant anyone power to main national security. Gen Prayuth Chan-o-cha, the junta leader and Prime Minister, on last Friday...
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Thai authorities should drop charges against Phuket journalists
Human Rights Watch (New York, April 17, 2015) – Thai authorities should drop criminal proceedings against two journalists for reporting on trafficking of ethnic Rohingya “boat people,” Human Rights...
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Thai junta says referendum on new charter draft might stir up troubles
The Thai junta expressed reluctance about holding a public referendum for the new draft constitution, saying that it could lead to confrontations and political trouble. According to the Thai News...
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Unofficial translation of junta's new order: Thai Lawyers for Human Rights
Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, the Head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) invoked his powers under Article 44 of Thailand’s interim Constitution 2014 to...
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