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Indictment of the innocent
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 17/02/2019
» It wasn't a good week for those who claim the March 24 general election will be free and fair. The "gateway to resumption of government accountability and democracy building" seemed firmly closed.
Facebook murders
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 30/04/2017
» So now the sun never sets on countries where people have murdered in order to boost their Facebook followers.
The war bringer
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 12/03/2017
» The southern rebellion against the government begins its 58th year tomorrow. It will be the first time the anniversary is marked without any of the original 1960 instigators but in particular it will go on without its primary leader, better called the godfather of the southern conflict.
The big issue: Appearing for the disappeared
Alan Dawson, Published on 27/12/2015
» On March 12, 2004, five policemen pulled Somchai Neelapaijit from his car in Bangkok, and he never was seen in public since. His wife Angkhana has kept the case alive, and authorities have made some attempts to resolve what the prime minister of the day called a “complicated case” involving official violence.
Hanging on until the end
Spectrum, Alan Dawson, Published on 26/04/2015
» Tuesday, April 29, 3pm. We’re 19 hours from communist victory, the fall of Saigon, the actual end of the Vietnam war, and photographer Hugh Van Es is gazing, lazily at first, out the front window of the United Press International bureau.
The big issue: Are we graft-busting yet?
Alan Dawson, Published on 30/11/2014
» The charges allege that Thailand's most admired crime fighter, former Central Investigation Bureau chief Pongpat Chayapan, used his influence and a gang of insiders to run a massive corruption-and-violence operation. They allege the gang made so much money they literally could not spend it, and had to hoard it.
The big issue: Our man in Milan
Alan Dawson, Published on 19/10/2014
» The spotlight fell even more strongly on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha last week. And no one, not the most vengeful anti-coup opponent, seemed to feel worse about the constant attention than the man himself.