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HRH goes back to work in UN role
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/10/2016
» Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn has been named as the new United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Special Ambassador for Zero Hunger as she joined ordinary Thais in heading back to work Monday.
Report says elderly poor struggling in rural areas
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/04/2016
» Elderly poor people in rural areas face too many barriers to access healthcare services, a World Bank research report says.
Rights groups slam military arrest powers
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/04/2016
» Six international human rights groups have issued a joint call for the revocation of a National Commission for Peace and Order (NCPO) order conferring sweeping law and order powers on the military as part of the crackdown on mafia influence.
UN calls for govt to act on 'disappearance' law
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/03/2016
» The United Nations and other international and local human rights agencies have called on the government to act upon its promises to criminalise enforced disappearances.
Lao activist case moving slowly
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/12/2015
» The enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone, a Lao activist who disappeared in December 2012, will be probed until there is an answer, a forum was told.
AFP awards Kate Webb Prize to Prachatai reporter
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/12/2015
» A crusading online reporter from alternative news site Prachatai has taken this year's Agence France-Presse (AFP) Kate Webb Prize for her coverage of royal defamation cases, as debate reignites on freedom of expression versus the lese majeste laws in Thailand.
Paiboon calls for new push in drugs war
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/10/2015
» Border cooperation and help for farmers are key to preventing trafficking of precursor chemicals and providing alternative socio-economic development plans for drug-producing nations, said Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya Monday.
Sino-Thai ties stable ‘but still need hard work’
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/08/2015
» Sino-Thai relations require more substance and hard work than simple rhetoric if both sides wants to celebrate a "meaningful golden jubilee" in 10 years, a former ambassador told a seminar yesterday.
Tsunami fund risks running out of cash
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/12/2014
» Officials on Friday called for donor countries to contribute more cash to the Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disaster and Climate Preparedness, which is depleting 10 years after the 2004 tsunami that struck coastlines in the Indian Ocean.
Thailand up for human rights vote today
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/10/2014
» The United Nations General Assembly will decide today if it wants Thailand to join the 47-member UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) five months after a military coup in the country.