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The faces of the disappeared
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 03/02/2017
» From time to time, one comes across a news report about a man or a woman, killed for demanding their rights or standing in the way of influential figures.
16 officials accused of hiding assets
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 19/08/2016
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has accused 16 local authority officials of deliberately not disclosing some of their assets and liabilities in declarations to the anti-graft agency.
NACC insists no halt to mine graft probe
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 27/05/2016
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has denied its probe into alleged corruption in gold mining concessions has stalled, after the retirement of a former graft-buster who headed the investigation.
Regime casts wide net to catch critics
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 20/05/2016
» Ahead of the second anniversary of the coup this Sunday, human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri -- who is defending 14 anti-coup activists in court -- is grappling with a legal headache after police forwarded criminal charges against her to the prosecutor's office.
Merits of Section 44 as 'cure-all' take flak
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 11/03/2016
» The merits of the interim charter's Section 44 as a "cure-all" remedy for the country's ills have come under fire in the wake of the premier's order to fast-track mandatory environmental impact assessments for megaprojects on Tuesday.
NACC aims to double cracked cases
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 16/02/2016
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) aims to conclude twice as many probes this year compared to last year, its newly-appointed president announced yesterday.
Activists call for community rights amendment in charter
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 03/02/2016
» A network of health and environmental activists has called for the Charter Drafting Committee (CDC) to amend the latest draft constitution and return community rights provisions that were contained in the 2007 charter.
Activists fear for missing HK publisher
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 13/11/2015
» Human rights groups have expressed concerns following the disappearance of a Hong Kong publisher critical of the Chinese regime, who was last spotted in Thailand.
Graft-buster jobs draw high-flyers
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 12/10/2015
» Fifty-nine candidates, including judges, state officials and political actors, are competing for spots on the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), as five graft-busters were set to retire last month.
Govt 'too reluctant' to release state info
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 22/09/2015
» The government is still not fully forthcoming with information and the Official Information Act must be better enforced while that legislation is being revised, a seminar was told yesterday.