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Preserving your tax appeal rights
Business, Published on 07/02/2018
» If you face a challenge from tax authorities, remember that the law can protect only those who cooperate with the taxman during the audit process. This applies in all but a few exceptional cases where people can prove they are unable to cooperate in good faith because of circumstances beyond their control.
Sex stings 'breach women's rights'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 04/06/2018
» Crackdowns on human trafficking are welcomed but stings on sex workers should be made illegal because they violate human rights, sex work advocates say.
Sex stings 'breach women's rights'
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 04/06/2018
» Crackdowns on human trafficking are welcome but stings on sex workers should be made illegal because they violate human rights, sex work advocates say.
The fight for basic rights
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 05/06/2018
» Human-rights violations in Southeast Asia remain a sad sight in the news. Among the various organisations working to improve the situation, Fortify Rights since 2013 has been hard at work with its team of human-rights specialists in Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia to bring changes to the region.
Respect rights of the Karen
News, Editorial, Published on 16/06/2018
» The lengthy legal battle between Karen forest dwellers and Kaeng Krachan National Park officials, which ended bitterly for the former on Tuesday, shed light on the need to add a human rights dimension to our top-down lawmaking and oppressive law enforcement on forest protection.
Joo earns early 'bragging rights'
Sports, Published on 22/06/2018
» Cheonan: South Korea's Joo Heung-Chol set the early pace by posting an opening six-under-par 65 to grab the first-round lead at the Kolon Korea Open Golf Championship yesterday.
Education vital to guard rights
News, Erich Parpart, Published on 02/07/2018
» Thailand needs to improve education and protect rights of groups, especially women and lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and intersex (LGBTI), the outgoing World Bank Bangkok office director, Ulrich Zachau says.
Tiny steps for LGBTI rights
News, Editorial, Published on 12/09/2018
» Just about three months ago, the Justice Ministry's official in charge of the matter promised a new bill to improve the battered rights of same-sex couples. Since then, the government and the Rights and Liberties Protection Department in particular has been tight-lipped. A bill that demands public input and debate has received neither.
Time to lift rights bans
News, Editorial, Published on 17/09/2018
» The best thing that can be said about last week's action by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) is that the all-male group understands it has created a problem. It has returned to the public a tiny bit of the civil and human rights it removed 52 months ago. On Friday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha used his extraordinary powers under Section 44 to give some small but important freedoms to political parties. While the order restores the right to organise party affairs, it falls lamentably short of restoring basic and constitutional rights to all Thais.
EEC mustn't steamroll locals' rights
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/10/2018
» An hour after a public forum on land disputes in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) zone started on Thursday in tambon Yothaka in Chachoengsao's Bang Nam Prieo district, military personnel and security officers from the Internal Security Operation Command arrived at the scene and took over the stage. They describe their intervention as an act to "listen to the people".