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Court frees 13 anti-referendum activists
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/07/2016
» The Military Court has freed 13 students and activists arrested for violating regime orders, rejecting a police request to extend their detention.
Detainees' parents lodge leniency petition with King
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/06/2016
» Parents of two lese majeste detainees have lodged a petition with His Majesty the King seeking leniency in order that their children secure bail.
Tom Dundee confesses to lese majeste
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 31/05/2016
» Singer "Tom Dundee" pleaded guilty to committing lese majeste in the Criminal Court yesterday in what was seen as a precursory move to seek a royal pardon if he is handed a lengthy prison term.
Despite gains, China still second fiddle to West, analysts say
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/05/2016
» Thai military rule may complicate and weaken Asean's position in the international security setting, but the gestures made to date by the junta should not be seen as a shift from the western-allied camp to China, analysts caution.
Detained poet blasts military regime
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/05/2016
» A poet is continuing to challenge the regime in a military court, almost two years after being arrested, calling the coup-makers possible traitors.
Activists donate bras behind bars
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/05/2016
» Labour activists donated thousands of underwear items on Friday to a female prison as a goodwill gesture welcoming gradual positive changes in the institution.
Isan offers no easy path for CDC draft
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/05/2016
» NORTHEAST: Two years after the coup, urban middle-class voters and rural residents in the country's Northeast, the biggest stronghold of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, remain split on whether the junta-commissioned draft charter should be passed at the August referendum.
Women's prison orders activist body search probe
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/05/2016
» A women's prison in Bangkok has ordered a probe into the alleged maltreatment of a female student activist and promised to introduce bio-body scan equipment at women's prisons within three months, a senior official said on Friday.
Pridi panel slams draft charter, NCPO
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/05/2016
» The latest junta-backed draft charter carries fewer democratic values than charters written after the 1932 revolution, scholars said yesterday at a ceremony marking the 116th birthday of the late statesman and coup leader Pridi Banomyong.
Families decry 'harsh' detentions of 'Facebook 8'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/04/2016
» The families of those arrested for allegedly violating the Computer Crime Act have called for their release and decried their harsh and inhumane detentions.