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Which one is the real Europe?
Oped, Published on 04/08/2023
» This year marks the 30th anniversary of the European Union. When the Maastricht Treaty took effect in 1993, Europeans embarked on a historically unique experiment in supranational governance and shared sovereignty. The EU's single market allows for the free movement of goods, services and capital among 27 member states; and, critically, its Schengen Area means open borders between member states (and free movement rights even in non-Schengen member states), granting more than 400 million people an unprecedented form of citizenship that transcends national territories. While free trade is an old idea, the free movement of people on this scale is entirely novel.
Legacy politics
Oped, Postbag, Published on 27/05/2023
» Re: "Rift over Speaker's job erupts", (BP, May 25).
Islamic State 'Beatles' member jailed for life by US court
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» ALEXANDRIA (UNITED STATES) - A member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" was sentenced to life in prison by a US court on Friday for the deaths of four American hostages in Syria.
Guantánamo prisoner 'was waterboarded'; agents omitted it from memo
New York Times, Published on 29/07/2022
» GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba: A prisoner accused of plotting al-Qaida’s bombing of the USS Cole warship in 2000 told federal interrogators years later that he was waterboarded by the CIA, an interpreter testified Thursday. But that detail was omitted from the official account of the interrogations that prosecutors want to use at his death-penalty trial as evidence that he confessed.
Honour activist Billy's memory
News, Editorial, Published on 24/04/2022
» On April 17, eight years ago, indigenous rights activist Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen disappeared after being arrested by Kaeng Krachan National Park officials. Justice has yet to be served.
Ex-CIA analyst recounts torture in secret Thai prison
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2022
» WASHINGTON: In the 2012 Hollywood hit “Zero Dark Thirty,” a red-haired Central Intelligence Agency analyst played by Jessica Chastain travels to a secret CIA prison and watches a colleague waterboard a screaming Al Qaeda suspect, then lock him in a box a little bigger than a mini-fridge, to make him talk.
Former hostages unmask Islamic State 'Beatle' at trial
AFP, Published on 10/04/2022
» ALEXANDRIA, US: Former hostages taking the witness stand at the trial of their alleged Islamic State group captor have described their brutal treatment in chilling detail.
Trial of IS 'Beatle' begins as defence claims mistaken identity
AFP, Published on 31/03/2022
» ALEXANDRIA, United States: The trial of an Islamic State fighter accused of belonging to a notorious kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" began in earnest Wednesday near Washington, with his defense claiming he had been mistakenly identified.
Time for cops to come clean
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/08/2021
» The Royal Thai Police should have seen an image boost after so quickly rounding up seven policemen accused of killing a drug suspect in custody. Unfortunately, the post-arrest press conference on Thursday night only served to reinforce the negative stereotypes that haunt Thai law enforcement.
1st Army told to explain ganja assaults
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 29/01/2021
» The 1st Army Region has been asked to explain alleged assaults on conscripts caught smoking marijuana in their barracks in Chon Buri, army chief Gen Narongphan Jitkaewtae said.