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Anti-charter campaigners set to be released
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/07/2016
» The military court on Tuesday rejected a police request to further detain 13 activists arrested for campaigning against the draft charter and their release was expected on Wednesday morning.
New report spurs call for reform of lese majeste law
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/02/2016
» A new report shows lese majeste imprisonment is becoming a pattern, violating liberties, the right to a fair trial and freedom of expression, prompting a rare call for reform to the lese majeste law.
Chaiwat: NCPO out of touch
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/03/2015
» Thailand's military leaders need to understand that society is undergoing a period of transformation, academic Chaiwat Satha-Anand says.
Northeastern activists call for early poll
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/12/2014
» Northeastern activists have denounced the high costs of drafting the new constitution, calling for an early election so people can vote in the government that shapes their laws.
Ruling in 2010 rally deaths due in April
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/12/2014
» The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court has scheduled to read its findings from the inquest into three civilian deaths in the 2010 clashes between red-shirt protesters and government troops on April 30 next year.
Magazine editor loses lese majeste appeal
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/09/2014
» The Appeal Court yesterday upheld a lower court's 10-year lese majeste prison sentence for Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, former editor of Voice of Taksin magazine.
Karen group worries over repatriation
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/09/2014
» A Karen activist group has urged Thailand to consider refugees' future living conditions before repatriating them to Myanmar.
Andy Hall defamation trial begins
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 03/09/2014
» British activist Andy Hall went on trial Tuesday for defamation, the first of a series of lawsuits filed against him by a fruit processing factory in Prachuap Khiri Khan.
Three held for leaflet drop
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 01/09/2014
» Police detained three people in the Chatuchak area after they distributed a leaflet demanding criminal action against former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his former deputy Suthep Thaugsuban for ordering the 2010 crackdowns.
The South's harshest reality
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/08/2014
» Six governments have come and gone since 2004, but the inferno of violence in the deep South rages on with the dead continuing to multiply and the trauma for the living never-ending.