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Panel to investigate U-turn on arrest warrant
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/03/2023
» Supreme Court president Chotiwat Luengprasert has formed a fact-finding committee to launch a probe into the abrupt revocation of an arrest warrant for a senator suspected of having links with drug trafficking rings.
Rome wasn't built in a day
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/02/2022
» Move Forward Party (MFP) MP and deputy secretary-general Rangsiman Rome thrust himself into the spotlight yet again when he raised the issue regarding the trafficking of Rohingya refugees during a general debate in parliament on Feb 18.
Govt hopes for human trafficking credit
News, Published on 22/01/2018
» After Thailand was ranked Tier 3, the lowest, in the Trafficking In Persons report in 2014, the government set human trafficking as a national agenda item.
US rights report based on unverified data
Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 05/03/2017
» The Foreign Ministry describes as unilateral and unverified the United States' latest human rights report on Thailand.
EU laments rights issues ahead of vote
News, Published on 09/04/2016
» A delegation of European Union (EU) members has urged Thailand to uphold democratic values during the national transition and called the regime's ramped-up attitude-adjustment courses against those expressing dissent an "alarming development".
Envoy reiterates US 'disappointment' over Chinese activists' deportation
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 23/11/2015
» United States ambassador Glyn Davies reiterated his government’s disappointment over Thailand's repatriation of two Chinese activists last week during a meeting Monday with Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon.
US praises effort to end trafficking
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/09/2014
» The United States has praised Thailand's efforts to tackle human trafficking and emphasised the importance of the countries' long-standing relations, according to Foreign Ministry permanent secretary, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, at the 69th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Island killings prompt stiffer worker rules
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 23/09/2014
» The Labour Ministry will impose strict rules on hiring and registering migrant workers on popular tourist islands following the murders of two British holidaymakers on Surat Thani's Koh Tao on Sept 15.
US waives sanctions against Thailand over human trafficking report
Published on 19/09/2014
» WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has decided not to impose sanctions against Thailand and Malaysia for failing to meet minimum standards in combating human trafficking.
Migrant children face perils
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 18/08/2014
» A decade after Dey fled the hardship of his war-torn home village in Myanmar's Shan state with his ethnic Tai parents, his life is still not free of difficulties.