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Migrant workers need better welfare
News, Published on 22/12/2020
» The number 2,482,256 is not a combination that will win Thailand's lottery top prize, but it is nonetheless a lucky number as it represents the total registered migrant workers with the Ministry of Labour during the pandemic. As such, they should have received the protections prescribed under Thai labour laws. But not everyone has been treated the same way or received the incentives to which they are entitled. Lots of loopholes prevail and exploitation remains a problem.
'White terror': Hong Kong's protest leaders targeted, beaten
AFP, Published on 24/10/2019
» HONG KONG: The men jumped Stanley Ho without warning, smashing both his hands with metal rods -- one of multiple recent attacks against prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy figures that activists have dubbed a "white terror".
Putting a stamp on graft
News, Apiradee Treerutkuarkul, Published on 19/01/2019
» Freshmen at Uttaradit Rajabhat University are learning the ropes and among their "firsts" is a course which teaches them not to accept corruption.
High stakes as regime considers rights
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 19/02/2018
» A pre-Chinese New Year present from the government was Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's proclamation of the government's human rights agenda to complement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Thailand's "4.0" target to become a more developed society. Beyond the formalities, what are some of the stakes?
Activists to file suit against EC
News, Published on 09/08/2016
» A group of activists is filing a petition with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) against the Election Commission (EC) for organising what it said was an unfair and objectionable referendum.
Unconventional conservationist
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/03/2016
» By look and temperament, Sasiprapa Raisanguan, a 22-year-old staff member at the Centre for Protection & Revival of Local Community Rights (CPCR), doesn't fit the stereotype of a Thai conservationist. She is no starry-eyed tree-hugger clad in natural-dye cotton, nor does she have a hemp rucksack or ride a bicycle to reduce her carbon footprint. At our interview in Chiang Mai, Sasiprapa arrives on her motorcycle, which she calls "a practical choice" to getting around the northern city where her office is.
Steady rise of fascism here is terrifying
News, Published on 28/04/2014
» Fascism is synonymous with "evil". Fascism is generally condemned for its manipulation of people's thoughts to focus on permanent warfare against imagined internal and external enemies to create a militarised atmosphere in which ethnic minorities can "disappear", freedom of the media comes under threat, and poets are murdered.
Slain red-shirt poet mourned
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/04/2014
» Hundreds of red shirts on Thursday mourned the loss of a renowned pro-government poet and demanded police bring his assailants to justice as quickly as possible.
Rambo Isan issues city protest threat
News, Published on 22/04/2014
» Nakhon Ratchasima: Pro-government Democracy Protection Volunteers Group (DPVG) leader Suporn Atthawong says his group is ready will head to the capital if the Constitutional Court rules against the caretaker government.
Rambo warns court of red-shirt reprisal (photos)
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/04/2014
» A red-shirt group has threatened to retaliate against the Constitutional Court if it rules against caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in the Thawil transfer case.