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Election officials bar door to buccaneer activist
Associated Press, Published on 28/09/2018
» Sombat Boonngamanong, a publicity-savvy activist seeking to run in the upcoming election, has learned one of the unwritten rules of Thai politics: pirates need not apply.
Rights lawyer gets 16 months’ prison for Facebook post
Associated Press, Published on 27/06/2018
» Human rights lawyer Prawet Prapanukul was sentenced to 16 months in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of sedition for material he posted online, but a lese majeste charge against him was dropped.
Court finds British labour activist defamed fruit firm
Associated Press, Published on 26/03/2018
» The Phra Khanong Provincial Court in Bangkok on Monday ordered a British labour rights activist to pay 10 million baht in damages to a company that filed a civil defamation suit after he helped expose alleged human rights violations at its factory.
Trump's White House embrace of Prayut
Associated Press, Published on 02/10/2017
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump hosts Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha at the White House on Monday -- a rare instance of a military ruler being feted in Washington before even a nominal return to civilian rule.
US: Myanmar should share responsibility for Rohingya crisis
Associated Press, Published on 23/05/2015
» YANGON - Navy ships were scouring Southeast Asian waters for boats believed to be carrying thousands of migrants with little food or water, and a top US diplomat said Myanmar needs to shoulder some responsibility for the crisis. That's something it has been reluctant to do.
'Irrawaddy' told to go with river's flow
Associated Press, Published on 18/12/2014
» YANGON — It was easy for Myanmar's former military government to change the name of the country's mightiest river, but a magazine ordered to make the same change is putting up a fight.
Vietnam holds blogger for 'bad content'
Associated Press, Published on 02/12/2014
» HANOI - Vietnamese police have detained a blogger for posting comments critical of the communist government in the latest crackdown on dissent.
Ex-Hmong leader deported to Laos
Associated Press, Published on 02/07/2014
» Thailand deported a former ethnic Hmong resistance leader whose group fought for the United States in Laos in the 1960s, officials and rights groups said Wednesday, raising concerns that he will face persecution in his homeland.