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Commanders in firing line over conscript abuses
Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 08/04/2025
» Commanders of army units where trainers are found to have abused conscripts will also face disciplinary punishment for looking the other way, Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai vowed on Tuesday.
Shaking up conscription
News, Published on 11/05/2023
» Academics and human rights defenders have expressed mixed responses to calls to scrap compulsory military service, which is gaining national attention in the lead-up to the May 14 polls.
Soldiers are not servants
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/05/2023
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has done the country and the Thai armed forces a great service in recommending that the military brings to an end the use of conscripts as personal employees of higher-ranking officers within 90 days. Rights commissioners made a loud and clear official statement last week that the practice is a human rights violation.
MFP wins hearts with anti-draft policy
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/04/2023
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) said its policy of scrapping military conscription has met with wide approval from the general public, citing a survey.
TST calls for end of military conscription
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/03/2023
» Conscription should be abolished in favour of voluntary enlistment and better military welfare, said the Thai Sang Thai Party (TST).
Thai Sang Thai: Scrap conscription
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 22/03/2023
» Conscription should be abolished in favour of a full voluntary enlistment programme and better military welfare, says the Thai Sang Thai Party (TST).
Rebels say Ethiopia capital could fall within weeks as US plans to send envoy
AFP, Published on 03/11/2021
» ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa could fall within "months if not weeks", an Oromo group allied with Tigrayan rebels told AFP Wednesday, as Washington announced it would send a US envoy to the country to hold talks.
Chilli end to affair, lax security, cat row turns deadly
News, Mae Moo, Published on 26/09/2021
» Marriage up in smoke
Weeks after Korat massacre, Amnesty report describes conscript abuses
Reuters, Published on 23/03/2020
» Thai military conscripts face widespread violence and sexual assaults, Amnesty International said in a report on Monday, calling the abuse institutionalised and systematically hushed up by the hierarchy.
S.Korean army accused of targeting gay soldiers
Associated Press, Published on 21/04/2017
» SEOUL - A watchdog group says South Korea's army is hunting down and prosecuting gay servicemen after a video of two male soldiers having sex was posted on the internet earlier this year, stoking fear in an already persecuted minority group.