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TU student rips up ballot in polling station
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/08/2016
» Anti-coup activist and Thammasat student Piyarat Chongthep was arrested Sunday for ripping up his ballot at a Bang Na polling unit to oppose the draft constitution.
Tom Dundee confesses to lese majeste
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 31/05/2016
» Singer "Tom Dundee" pleaded guilty to committing lese majeste in the Criminal Court yesterday in what was seen as a precursory move to seek a royal pardon if he is handed a lengthy prison term.
Court acquits Somchai case cops
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/12/2015
» The Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted five police officers charged with the robbery and coercion of the "disappeared" human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit 11 years ago, upholding the appellate court's ruling.
Free bird
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/08/2015
» Hers is neither a story of a pretty canary in a cage, nor a Cinderella-like fairy tale of a girl who will soon get rich and find love.
Anniversary of protest crackdown sours
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/04/2015
» The fifth anniversary of the April 10, 2010, protest crackdown has turned bitter after the army forced relatives of red-shirt victims killed in the skirmishes to abandon all gatherings planned to mark the event.
Kitakyushu leads the eco-metropolis pack
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/03/2015
» Once a grey industrialised metropolis that sat unheralded for decades on Japan’s southern island, Kitakyushu has been reborn as a green city that has rocketed to prominence as a "smart" role model for Asia.
Ruling in 2010 rally deaths due in April
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/12/2014
» The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court has scheduled to read its findings from the inquest into three civilian deaths in the 2010 clashes between red-shirt protesters and government troops on April 30 next year.
Those who can't vote blame EC, PDRC
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 26/01/2014
» Voters who managed to cast an advance ballot on Sunday walked quickly away and happy, but those who were prevented from doing so angrily blamed the Election Commission (EC) and anti-government protesters for stripping them of their basic rights.
State of emergency marks another blunder by Pheu Thai
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/01/2014
» Yingluck Shinawatra's invocation of the emergency decree on Tuesday evening _ a serious misstep of the ruling Pheu Thai Party _ will only draw more support for the anti-government groups that have been attempting to overthrow her government for the past three months.
Radical reds 'stocking arms' for city fight
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/01/2014
» Violence by armed red-shirt militants against anti-government protesters is possible but remains a distant scenario unless the military or other agencies force a delay in the Feb 2 election, red-shirt sources said.