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Justice for Chaiyaphum still undelivered
Oped, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 28/10/2020
» More than three years after the death of Chaiyaphum Pasae, a Lahu ethnic activist who was killed by a soldier at a checkpoint in Chiang Mai, the perpetrator(s) remain free -- and the chances of anyone being accountable for his untimely death are zero.
Victims or criminals?
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 11/06/2017
» We live in two overlapping worlds -- one is safe, the other is not. This is the motto of drug users arriving at the house in the "white zone", as they put it.
Too little, too late for Lahu traumatised by youth's killing
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 28/05/2017
» 'They pointed a gun at me," Lana whispers into my ear. It's like a confession after her attempts to tell me fragments of a happy story that sounds like her Lahu community lives in a peaceful haven -- but she hesitates when saying "they are helping to develop us".
Media must be wary of losing its voice
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 31/03/2017
» Looking at the blank screen that has replaced Voice TV's programmes makes me feel like I've taken a time machine back to the day the military took power in 2014, when every channel was temporarily washed over with military logos.
Sutin killed by random attack, expert says
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/01/2014
» The fatal shooting of protest leader Sutin Tharatin on Sunday more likely resulted from a random attack rather than him being singled out, forensic expert Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand says.