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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.
Koh Tao murder pair get death
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/12/2015
» KOH SAMUI: Two migrant workers from Myanmar have been sentenced to death for the brutal murders of two British backpackers on Koh Tao in September 2014, a gruesome crime that focused global attention on tourist safety and police conduct in the country.
Webmaster loses lese majeste fight
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/12/2015
» The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced the Prachatai webmaster to a 1-year suspended jail term for failing to take down lese majeste content from the site's web board quickly enough.
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.
'Nervous' NCPO allows academic-freedom forum to proceed
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/12/2015
» A panel discussion on academic freedom under the military threatened with cancellation by the military will be allowed to continue as scheduled.
Qatar seeks closer ties with Thailand
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/12/2015
» Qatar, a tiny Gulf state with the world's highest income per capita, is keen to expand economic and social ties with Thailand and other countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS).
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.
Courts likely to lift gay-themed film ban
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/12/2015
» The Administrative Court has advised the National Film Board to revoke the ban on a gay-themed film, Insects in the Backyard, and pay 10,000 baht in compensation for banning it for five years.