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Detained Uyghurs deserve freedom
Oped, Published on 08/03/2024
» Few people realise that Thailand has been holding more than 40 Uyghur asylum seekers in immigration detention for a decade. The danger to this remaining group is real. The new government of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin should free these forgotten people who fled dangerous conditions in China and arrange for their resettlement in a third country.
Poor Barbie... Oppenheimer's the bomb
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 08/03/2024
» The annual guessing game to read the minds of inscrutable Oscars voters is here.
Rights campaigner Orlov calls Russia 'fascist' in court
Published on 26/02/2024
» LONDON: Veteran human rights activist Oleg Orlov decried what he called the "strangulation of freedom" in Russia at a court hearing on Monday as prosecutors sought to have him jailed for nearly three years for discrediting the armed forces.
Indonesia presidential frontrunner skips press freedom event
Published on 11/02/2024
» JAKARTA: Two of Indonesia's three presidential contenders pledged to protect press freedom in the world's third-largest democracy at a weekend event that frontrunner Prabowo Subianto didn't attend.
Hun Manet thanks Thailand for preventing 'interference' in Cambodia affairs
Reuters, Published on 07/02/2024
» Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet on Wednesday expressed gratitude to his Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin for not allowing Thailand to be used as a base for people to "interfere" with his country's affairs.
Education minister ridiculed for admiring N.Korea
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/02/2024
» Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob is still receiving negative comments more than three weeks after expressing his admiration for North Korea's education system.
Education minister still being ridiculed for admiring N.Korea
Online Reporters, Published on 06/02/2024
» Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob remains on the receiving end of a barrage of negative comments more than three weeks after expressing his admiration for aspects of North Korea's education system.
Tesla, VW at risk of ties to Uyghur forced labour in China
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/02/2024
» NEW YORK - Five of the world's major carmakers are not sufficiently mapping their supply chains to stamp out links to forced labour programs in China's Xinjiang region, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Dissident Russian rock band deported to Israel
Published on 01/02/2024
» Members of a Russian rock band opposed to the Ukraine war have left Thailand for Israel a week after authorities threatened to deport them to Moscow.
Dissident Russian rock band deported to Israel
Reuters, Published on 01/02/2024
» Members of a Russian rock band opposed to the Ukraine war have left Thailand for Israel a week after the authorities threatened to deport them back to Moscow for working at the resort island of Phuket without a permit, the band and the Royal Thai Police said on Thursday.