Showing 1 - 10 of 2,132
Activist lawyer gets another 4 years for lese-majeste
Post Reporters, Published on 25/07/2024
» The activist and human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa was sentenced on Thursday to another four years in prison for lese-majeste and violations of the Computer Crime Act, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).
Our UN obligations on disappearances
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 15/07/2024
» Enforced disappearance is the technical term for a heinous crime whereby a person or persons are deprived of their liberty, such as detention in an unknown place ("incommunicado"). This is accompanied by a cover-up by the state.
Car bomb by police flats 'undermines peace talks'
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/07/2024
» An academic in Yala has criticised what he says is sluggish progress in the peace talks in the deep South following a car bomb outside police flats in this southern border province on June 30.
MFP MP gets 2 years for lese majeste
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/05/2024
» The Thanyaburi Provincial Court on Monday sentenced Move Forward Party MP Chonthicha Jangrew to two years in prison for royal defamation under Section 112 of the Criminal Code.
Move Forward MP gets 2 years on lese majeste charge
Online Reporters, Published on 27/05/2024
» The Thanyaburi Provincial Court has sentenced Move Forward Party MP Chonthicha Jangrew to two years in prison for royal defamation under Section 112 of the Criminal Code.
An urgent mission for new bourse leader
Business, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 24/05/2024
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) board resolved on May 15 to appoint Kitipong Urapeepattanapong as the 19th chairman of the bourse.
Sutin to pay visit, review special law
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 22/05/2024
» Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang plans to review the special law now being enforced in the deep South to combat the escalating violence in the region.
Thai Human Rights Council aspirations
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 17/05/2024
» Thailand's quest for membership of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), Geneva, for the period 2025-2027, is rightly gaining interest among the general public. With a new foreign minister today, it is intriguing to prospect whether there will be more (or less) momentum in the competition towards the winning post -- with elections for the HRC due in New York in October.
Reformist lawyer gets 2 more years in prison
Published on 29/04/2024
» The South Criminal Court sentenced a prominent jailed activist lawyer to an additional two years in prison on Monday, for lese majeste in comments during a speech he made at a 2021 protest, his lawyer said.
Handout difficult without BoT's help
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 18/04/2024
» The purpose of this article is to educate the public about the real issue of the digital wallet scheme. The issue is not "HOW to get the 500 billion baht?" but "Is there 500 billion baht AVAILABLE to be borrowed?"