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NHRC chief taken to task at media event
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/08/2016
» The head of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) tried to reach out to a foreign audience and set the record straight on Thailand's rights record on Thursday evening, but the event backfired with many in the audience asking tough questions that went unanswered.
Draft 'no answer to conflict'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/08/2016
» The constitution alone cannot heal political divisions, according to constitutional experts.
Higher tax, welfare urged
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 01/08/2016
» The military government has fallen into the same populist trap as its predecessors over economic policy and lacks the necessary fortitude to raise taxes and increase investment in the welfare system amid a rapidly ageing population, says an academic.
Anfrel pulls out of poll monitoring role
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/07/2016
» An Asia-wide election monitoring group, Anfrel, will refrain from observing the Aug 7 charter referendum because the Election Commission took so long to respond to its request, its chief said Thursday.
Cybercrime bill changes 'still a worry'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/07/2016
» The Computer Crime Act (CCA) still includes too broad a definition of offences which could lead to abuse by authorities, critics say.
Scholar urges quest for maritime peace
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/07/2016
» No immediate solutions to decades-long maritime disputes are expected from the Asean meetings in Laos this weekend, but China and southeast Asian nations must continue to engage in dialogues for a peaceful South China Sea, a prominent Philippine scholar has said.
Vendor gets 27 years for bombing bid
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/07/2016
» A street fruit vendor, who admitted to carrying a homemade bomb to the Bhumjaithai Party headquarters in a failed plot to blow it up in June 2010, was sentenced to 27 years and six months in prison and ordered to pay a 50-baht fine in a Supreme Court ruling on Friday.
The Sea that must not be named
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/07/2016
» The fallout from a landmark ruling on the South China Sea will cloud the atmosphere of the Asean foreign ministers' meeting in Vientiane this week.
Krabi Court rules in favour of villagers
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/07/2016
» The Krabi Provincial Court has ruled that the Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) did not have the authority to disperse 55 villagers as they were not dependents of a palm oil company which was previously issued with the eviction order.
Finnwatch takes heat for fruit report
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/07/2016
» The report alleging human rights abuses by local firm Natural Fruit Co was analysed, written, and published by NGO Finnwatch, not its hired British investigator, the NGO told a court yesterday.