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Accidental Heroine
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/01/2016
» Most people regard Angkhana Neelapaijit as an accidental heroine. She was thrown into the spotlight when her husband, dedicated Muslim human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit, disappeared in a controversial and depressing case that began during the Thaksin Shinawatra administration -- and ended last week when the Supreme Court acquitted five police officers initially suspected of being involved in his disappearance in March 2004.
Well of tears dries up for grieving gran
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/04/2015
» Jiem Wongnoi, who lost her daughter and grandchild on the eve of the Songkran festival, has no tears left. "The tears are all dried up in my heart," she says.
Fight against business abuses gets harder
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/02/2015
» Doors are closing on judicial remedies for corporate human rights abuses worldwide, according to a new report by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.
Critics dismiss army's local defence scheme
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/11/2014
» Yala — The 4th Army commander has pronounced the so-called "Thung Yang Daeng model" — new security provisions utilising armed civic defence volunteers and siren systems to alert defenders to attacks — a success and said it will be used in other areas of the restive South.
NGOs decry army interrogations
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/11/2014
» Non-governmental organisations have decried the 2nd Army's decision to summon 17 northeastern activists for opposing the military government's reform efforts.
Building a constitution
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/06/2014
» At 93 and 84, these women have lived through 19 coups d’etats, and presumably feel nonchalant about most of them — including the latest one on May 22.
Follow Mindanao for South peace, forum told
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/12/2013
» PENANG : Authorities and far-South separatists should look to the Philippines for lessons on how to resolve their conflict, a forum in this Malaysian state was told recently.