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ICC frees former Central African Republic militia leader
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» THE HAGUE - The International Criminal Court said on Thursday it had released Maxime Mokom, a former militia leader in the Central African Republic (CAR), shelving its war crimes case against him after the prosecutor dropped all charges.
Jumbo torture
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/07/2023
» Re: "King donates to Sak Surin rehabilitation", (BP, July 5).
Thailand's policy on Myanmar stinks
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 23/06/2023
» The latest move to coddle and recognise Myanmar's junta government by caretaker Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's outgoing regime does not add up. Sanctioned and supported by Gen Prayut, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai arranged an Asean-wide ministerial meeting in Pattaya on June 18 with Myanmar's junta-appointed Foreign Minister Than Swe with unusual haste. Shrouded in controversy and desperation, both the PM's and the FM's clichéd explanations just do not wash. It begs the question of whether there are vested interests involved, above and beyond Thailand's national interest, in the outgoing government's seeming acceptance of Myanmar's military regime that took power by force on Feb 1, 2021.
Legacy politics
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/05/2023
» Re: "Rift over Speaker's job erupts", (BP, May 25).
Give Pita a chance
News, Postbag, Published on 20/05/2023
» Re: "Senators slow to warm to Pita's PM bid", (BP, May 17).
Picasso's 'Guernica' still relevant today
Oped, Published on 29/04/2023
» This month marks the anniversary of one of the many atrocities of the last century carried out in the cause of nationalism. On Monday, April 26, 1937, less than a year after dissident Spanish generals launched a coup d'état against a democratically elected coalition government, German and Italian airplanes bombed Gernika, in the Basque Country of Spain.
Atrocities rise as Myanmar army faces pressure
Published on 18/03/2023
» When the soldiers from Myanmar’s notorious army reached the village of Nanneint, the residents fled. Some took refuge in the basement of a nearby Buddhist monastery.
Asean and the Myanmar morass
Oped, Published on 01/02/2023
» Two years ago, on Feb 1, the day that Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy were set to sit in a new parliament, the Myanmar military shocked the world by staging a deeply unpopular coup.
Hundreds pay tribute to slain Eswatini political activist
AFP, Published on 28/01/2023
» MANZINI (ESWATINI) - Hundreds of people, including foreign diplomats and activists, paid homage Saturday to a human rights lawyer who was shot dead in Eswatini, sparking alarm over political violence in Africa's last absolute monarchy.
German parliament recognises Yazidi 'genocide' in Iraq
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» BERLIN - Germany's lower house of parliament recognised on Thursday the 2014 massacre of Yazidis by Islamic State group jihadists in Iraq as a "genocide", and called for measures to assist the besieged minority.