• OPINION

  Justice for Chaiyaphum

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/03/2024

  » Just days before the relatives and friends of slain human rights activist Chaiyaphum Pasae mark the seventh anniversary of his death in Chiang Mai, they have learnt that prosecutors have decided not to press murder charges against the soldier who gunned him down.

• OPINION

  End impunity for unjust killings

  Editorial, Published on 26/11/2023

  » Chaiyaphum Pasae, 17, was a passionate advocate for the indigenous rights of the hill tribe people. Six years ago, he was shot dead at an army checkpoint.

• OPINION

  No quick fix to army image

  News, Editorial, Published on 06/02/2020

  » The Royal Thai Army was quick to dismiss reports which went viral on social media and some mainstream media outlets on Tuesday about six "prohibited postures" for men in uniform; among them sitting with legs crossed, standing with arms folded, and having their hands in their pockets.

• OPINION

  Finding 'Billy' just the start

  News, Editorial, Published on 04/09/2019

  » Thailand has long been notorious for letting numerous mysterious cases of extrajudicial killings, torture or forced disappearances go unresolved, and harbouring a culture of impunity among the state actors allegedly involved.

• OPINION

  Criminalise torture now

  News, Editorial, Published on 24/07/2019

  » Torture allegedly committed by soldiers and police officers in Thailand against detainees in recent years has usually happened behind closed doors, involving techniques that leave no bruises or visible wounds. This fact provides a strong enough reason for one to suspect whether the army's detention of insurgent suspect Abdulloh Esormusor on Saturday night -- that resulted in him suffering a cerebral oedema and falling unconscious -- involved torture of some kind.

• OPINION

  Justice failing ethnic groups

  News, Editorial, Published on 25/05/2019

  » For ethnic people, trying to get a shred of justice from authorities can be an ordeal. But it can be even more difficult when the judicial process is handled exclusively by military courts. That says a great deal about the quest for vindication by the families of a Lahu activist, Chaiyaphum Pasae, and a Lisu man, Abe Sae Mu, who were gunned down in broad daylight by army rangers in separate incidents in Chiang Mai more than two years ago.

• OPINION

  CCTV claim sows mistrust

  News, Editorial, Published on 11/08/2018

  » The army's explanation this week about the absence of CCTV camera footage at a crime scene where 17-year-old Lahu activist Chaiyaphum Pasae was shot dead by a soldier last year has not only come too late but has also deepened the public mistrust of the military's claim that the extrajudicial killing was made in "self-defence".

• OPINION

  Justice due for slain activist

  News, Editorial, Published on 17/03/2018

  » It is exactly 12 months since young Lahu rights activist and artist Chaiyaphum Pasae was shot dead at a military-run checkpoint near the Thai-Myanmar border in Chiang Mai's Chiang Dao district. His premature death -- he was only 17 at the time -- is still shrouded in mystery.

• OPINION

  Activist death still a mystery

  News, Editorial, Published on 16/09/2017

  » Almost six months after young Lahu activist Chaiyapoom Pasae was shot dead at a checkpoint in Chiang Mai's Chiang Dao district, the case remains a mystery.

• OPINION

  Clear air on activist death

  News, Editorial, Published on 19/05/2017

  » Two months after the death of young Lahu activist Chaiyapoom Pasae, anxiety grows as the investigation into the case proceeds at a snail's pace.

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