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Introducing the new cybercrime treaty
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 27/09/2025
» Next month, a key Asean nation will host a raft of countries for the signing ceremony for a new cybercrime treaty. Its full (and rather wordy) title is: the "United Nations Convention against Cybercrime; Strengthening International Cooperation for Combating Certain Crimes Committed by Means of Information and Communications Technology Systems and for the Sharing of Evidence in Electronic Form of Serious Crimes".
Egypt frees rights activist after Sisi pardon
AFP, Published on 23/09/2025
» CAIRO - Prominent Egyptian-British human rights defender Alaa Abdel Fattah was released from prison after years behind bars and reunited with his family in an emotional celebration following a long-awaited pardon by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
‘Raped, jailed, tortured, left to die’: the hell of being gay in Turkmenistan
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» WARSAW - Two men who escaped one of the world’s most secretive and repressive states have told AFP how they were tortured, beaten and raped in Turkmenistan for the “crime” of being gay.
Colombian FARC leaders ordered to make reparations for over 21,000 kidnappings
AFP, Published on 17/09/2025
» BOGOTá - A Colombian court on Tuesday held seven leaders of the defunct Colombian guerrilla army FARC responsible for the kidnappings of tens of thousands of people during the group's half-century of war with the state.
Belarus frees 52 prisoners, including veteran dissident, journalists
AFP, Published on 11/09/2025
» VILNIUS - Belarus on Thursday freed 52 political prisoners, including an EU staff member, journalists, and dissidents -- a release mediated by the United States as Minsk seeks closer ties with President Donald Trump.
French colonial legacy fades as Vietnam fetes independence
AFP, Published on 02/09/2025
» HANOI - Crispy banh mi baguettes, grand colonial facades and chattering Francophone schoolchildren are lingering reminders of the French presence that once dominated Vietnam.
Here's to all the useful ghosts of our history
Oped, Kong Rithdee, Published on 28/08/2025
» Ghosts are useful because they remind us of the unresolved, the unsettled, the unfinished -- in life, love, politics, or history. The film of the moment hitches onto that idea and takes it far, as far as the Cannes Film Festival, and now it has been picked as Thailand's representative for the Oscars.
Cyber cops send leaked Hun Sen audio file to OAG
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/08/2025
» Cyber crime police have submitted their investigation file on a leaked audio clip linked to Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen's order to target political dissidents in Thailand to the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG), to determine whether it is a criminal case committed outside the country.
Thai gallery removes China-focused artworks after ‘pressure’ from Beijing
Published on 08/08/2025
» One of Thailand’s top art galleries removed, at China's request, materials about Beijing's treatment of ethnic minorities and Hong Kong from an exhibit on authoritarian governments, according to a curator and communications seen by Reuters.
Chile taking back land linked to Pinochet-era torture
Published on 23/07/2025
» VILLA BAVIERA, Chile - The government of Chile plans to expropriate a settlement founded by a German cult leader where torture took place under former dictator Augusto Pinochet’s military regime, as the government takes another step to shine a light on a dark period of the past.