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Uighurs' plight a lesson for govt
News, Editorial, Published on 09/04/2023
» The case of 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church who were arrested for overstaying visas in Pattaya last week brings back memories of the notorious repatriation of another group of Uighur refugees back to China in 2014.
Army must clear its name
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/03/2021
» Plain denial will no longer suffice in this case. It will not do justice to the allegation that the military was engaged in "coordinated inauthentic behaviour" on social media to influence people's opinions in the far South by having the Defence Ministry look into the matter either.
Pushing for a green recovery
News, Editorial, Published on 21/06/2020
» In one of the coldest areas of the world -- Russia's Siberia -- the monthly average temperature since January has been 3C to 6C higher than normal. By May, the Siberian Times reported a record-breaking spike with the mercury measuring 30C to as high as 35C in towns and cities across the vast province.
Climate of fear prevails
News, Editorial, Published on 05/10/2019
» At a Pattani forum on Sept 28, 12 panellists who included opposition party leaders discussed constitutional amendments and how they could address the prolonged conflict in the restive deep South.
Asean hobbles itself
News, Editorial, Published on 29/01/2019
» Thailand's first test as this year's Asean chair occurred two weeks ago in Chiang Mai. It was not a resounding success. At the 10-nation group's annual retreat of foreign ministers, the Rohingya issue was at the top of the agenda. But what the participants had agreed upon -- a spirited discussion -- quickly petered out. Now, the issue has been once again overtaken by the United Nations.
Torture law must pass
News, Editorial, Published on 17/12/2018
» This week the junta-appointed National Legislative Assembly (NLA) will begin winding up business for the year. On the schedule for Thursday is the reading of a bill that is long overdue. If passed -- and it must -- it will officially bar government and security forces from using torture and enforced disappearance. It is shocking, this far into the 21st century, that a civilised nation has never prohibited these odious practices.
Gambling on Udomdej
News, Editorial, Published on 27/12/2016
» Today's cabinet meeting is likely to make key decisions related to operations to tackle violence in the restive deep South, and the money being spent there. Ministers will be asked to hear and make decisions on yet another roadmap to tackle the southern unrest. Even more controversially, they are likely to be asked to place the management of the entire multi-billion-baht budget supporting government actions in the South in the hands of one interesting man.
Heal the rift, don't widen it
News, Editorial, Published on 10/05/2016
» A panel of the military-appointed National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) has made yet another attempt to restore national unity through forgiveness. Once again, the proposal is bound to fail. Worse, the reform panel's proposal will make the political divide both deeper and wider. Before the committee could even make its official proto-amnesty proposal to the nation, red-shirt leaders were complaining to the media that it was one-sided, in favour of the old yellow-shirt movement, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD).
A less rigidly military approach is needed
News, Editorial, Published on 24/04/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's decision to change the personnel in charge of security in the southern provinces has the potential to disrupt the continuity of the effort to bring peace to the region.