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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.
Paiboon calls for new push in drugs war
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/10/2015
» Border cooperation and help for farmers are key to preventing trafficking of precursor chemicals and providing alternative socio-economic development plans for drug-producing nations, said Justice Minister Paiboon Koomchaya Monday.
Too many women in jail, government told
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/04/2015
» The government needs to amend laws and review conditions of imprisonment to reduce the number of women in jail, in keeping with the UN's Bangkok Rules, said Vitaya Suriyawong, director-general of the Corrections Department.
Political prisoners push for pardon
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/05/2013
» Political prisoners are pleading for a full pardon following the government's internationally-well-received unshackling of hard-core criminals in prisons early this month.
Unshackling of prisoners wins plaudits
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/05/2013
» International organisations have welcomed Thailand's decision to remove leg shackles from death row inmates, but say other forms of ill-treatment still need to be addressed.
Unshackling inmates 'not enough'
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/05/2013
» International organisations have welcomed Thailand's decision to remove the leg shackles from death row inmates, but say other forms of ill treatment still need to be addressed.
Political prisoners welcome Laksi move as recognition of their struggle
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/01/2012
» Prisoner Pattama Moolmil says she is lonely but considers this a price worth paying to stand up for her beliefs.
Detainees mull hunger strike
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/01/2012
» Lese majeste detainees have threatened to go on hunger strike next week to press for their demand to be relocated to a new detention centre at Laksi where suspects on political charges are being detained.