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Critical thinking takes back seat with NCPO’s core values
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/11/2014
» It is becoming a harsh reality that my children will grow up in an authoritarian society like I did in the 1970s.
October generations are colour-coded
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/10/2014
» Today, families of the victims of the Oct 14, 1973 uprising and pro-democracy activists will attend a ceremony to mark the 41st anniversary of the historic mass protest which toppled Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn and his dictatorial clique.
New crackdown on criticism has ominous overtones
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/09/2014
» Ton Kla (not his real name) shed tears when he saw his drama mentor and older friend, Golf, behind bars at the Central Women's Correctional Institution three weeks ago.
Confidence is low in renewed South peace talks
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 31/08/2014
» As Thai authorities prepare to revive peace talks with separatists in the far South, signals are already emerging from both sides which indicate the morass of impractical expectations and false hopes will continue.
Asean turns deaf ear to concerns on rights in Thailand
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/08/2014
» The junta may feel a bit smug that there was no mention of the May 22 coup at the 47th Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting in Myanmar last week.
Military regime can't turn back the clock of progress
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/08/2014
» My memory of one of this country's democratic milestones — the student uprising of Oct 14, 1973 — was my grandmother sobbing while watching His Majesty the King's announcement on TV about a new government replacing the military dictatorship that students had tried to topple.
World’s focus now on path back to democracy, rights
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/07/2014
» Two months after the May 22 coup, the red-shirt movement which had rallied behind the Pheu Thai Party and the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) has actually become dormant. The anti-coup exile movement has failed to ignite their defiance against military rule.
Public can afford to be less uncritical of the coup
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/07/2014
» Congratulations to the military for taking control of the nation and managing to win over the public in opinion polls, even if they are doing so with the connivance of a largely uncritical media.
One month on, signs of repression linger
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/06/2014
» The quote above was one of the recent comments posted on Facebook by Sukunya Prueksakasemsuk, wife of red-shirt magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk who was sentenced to 11 years in jail for lese majeste in January last year. Somyot has been behind bars since his arrest on April 30, 2011, his bail requests denied by the court 15 times.
Army resorts to populism as it wields its iron fist
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/06/2014
» Twenty days under military rule and we have witnessed earnest attempts to quieten dissenting anti-coup views. And, although corruption was not cited as the reason for the putsch this time around, people still expect the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to take steps to eliminate this deep-rooted, cancerous problem.