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What next after the passing of iconic Ko-ee?
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 08/10/2018
» At 107, ethnic Karen elder Ko-ee Mimee had only one wish -- to return to his ancestral land deep in the Kaeng Krachan jungle and die there. On Friday, the icon of indigenous forest dwellers' struggles against state violence and injustice passed, his last wish unfulfilled and the future of his people hanging in the balance.
Let Ko-ee return home
News, Editorial, Published on 03/08/2018
» After a long battle, centenarian grandpa Ko-ee Mimee's legal right to become a Thai has won state recognition.
Verdict a blow to customary land rights
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 16/06/2018
» Ask the centenarian Ko-ee Mimee and other Karen forest dwellers what they want and why they sued Kaeng Krachan National Park officials who burned down their homes and violently evicted them from their ancestral land, and their answer is always the same: "We just want to be back home."
Justice still elusive for Karen forest dwellers
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 08/04/2017
» After three years of trying in vain to seek justice for her husband who mysteriously disappeared after being arrested by forest officials, Pinnapa "Mueno" Prueksapan has arrived at the painful conclusion long realised by the poor and powerless in this country.
Ruling strikes fear into forest Karen hearts
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 15/09/2016
» Can forest officials burn down people's houses to evict them? According to the Administrative Court ruling last week, the answer is yes.
Old heads celebrate over Songkran
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 11/04/2014
» They may be more than a hundred years old, but Keng Thanawatyangyong and his neighbour Thongkham Saibua will be a key part of the Songkran Day celebration tomorrow.