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OIC head Madani set for PM meet
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/01/2016
» The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretary-general will meet Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and the Sheikhul Islam Office (SIO) today.
Families continue quest for justice as NACC clears Abhisit
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/01/2016
» After six years, the Akkahad and Srithep families which lost their children in the fatal crackdown on red-shirt demonstrators in 2010 are undaunted and determined to pursue the task of seeking justice for their loved ones.
Victims' kin vent fury at NACC ruling
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/01/2016
» The mother of a nurse slain at Wat Pathum Wanaram during the horrific violence in May 2010 has vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Mixed views over OIC, rebels meet
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/01/2016
» A likely meeting between Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) head, who will visit Thailand next week, and a core insurgent movement in the far South has drawn mixed opinions among concerned parties.
Accidental Heroine
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/01/2016
» Most people regard Angkhana Neelapaijit as an accidental heroine. She was thrown into the spotlight when her husband, dedicated Muslim human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit, disappeared in a controversial and depressing case that began during the Thaksin Shinawatra administration -- and ended last week when the Supreme Court acquitted five police officers initially suspected of being involved in his disappearance in March 2004.
Fall in violence spurs hope for peace in South
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/01/2016
» A reduction in violent incidents in the restive South offer fresh hope that a peace deal with insurgents can be reached, local civil society leaders say.
Lawyers urge rights body to fight abuse
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/12/2015
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) must be more active in addressing growing rights violations by the military government, human rights lawyers say.
Lao activist case moving slowly
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/12/2015
» The enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone, a Lao activist who disappeared in December 2012, will be probed until there is an answer, a forum was told.
NHRC 'risks decline' without autonomy
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/12/2015
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) must work harder to prove its worth and the agency's independence must shine through in the new constitution to save itself from further downgrades, leading academics say.
Speaking for the silent
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/12/2015
» Circumstances make heroes and heroines. The more bluntly and bloodily repressive Thai society acts against the exploited and vulnerable, the more people will stand up to help protect the marginalised.