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Pai Dao Din's father vows to seek justice amid uncertainty
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/06/2017
» Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, or Pai Dao Din, may have passed the last subject of his undergraduate course last Friday, but no one knows if he will be able to celebrate his graduation with friends at the end of this year.
Clampdown on free speech dooms reform, activists say
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 21/11/2014
» Consumer rights activists are warning they must be allowed to speak out on behalf of the public or national reforms will fail.
Freeze on subsidies to hit hospitals
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 23/09/2014
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) is lowering its public health targets and freezing hospital subsidies for the next fiscal year after the government cut the universal healthcare budget.
Lawyers ready fresh evidence in Billy case
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 24/09/2014
» A team of human rights lawyers is preparing new evidence to convince the Phetchaburi Appeal Court to order an emergency hearing on the disappearance of prominent Karen activist Porlajee Rakchongcharoen, known as "Billy".
NHRC wants Petroleum Act revoked
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 27/09/2014
» The Petroleum Act 1971 should be revoked as it violates human rights, a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seminar has heard.
Mae Song cadmium clean-up promised
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/10/2014
» The Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (Onep) has vowed to enforce strict legal measures to eradicate cadmium contamination in the Mae Tao river basin.
Karen evictions illegal, rights group says
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 21/09/2014
» The eviction of Karen villagers from Kaeng Krachan National Park in 2011 was illegal, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ruled.
Regime gives nod to health reform plan
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/08/2014
» The National Health Commission Office's (NHCO) plan to decentralise the health reform process has been approved by the military.
Japanese man in babies case gives ‘DNA’
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 19/08/2014
» The lawyer of the Japanese man who has allegedly fathered at least 15 babies carried by Thai surrogate mothers has handed in a sample of the man's DNA to police to prove he is the father of the children.
Top lawyer condemns delays in Klity Creek clean-up
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/08/2014
» A top human rights lawyer has criticised the Pollution Control Department (PCD) for lengthy delays in the clean-up of Kanchanaburi’s lead-contaminated Klity Creek.