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Govt's ambitious land bridge project 'puts residents at risk'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/08/2025
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for the suspension of the government's ambitious Ranong-Chumphon land bridge project pending broader public hearings.
Over 13m meth pills seized in North
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/04/2025
» About 13.2 million methamphetamine pills have been seized in two separate operations against drug smugglers in the North, the Justice Ministry and Narcotics Suppression Bureau announced in a press conference yesterday.
Drug policies ‘drive mass detention’
Post Reporters, Published on 21/12/2024
» GENEVA - Punitive drug policies have driven mass incarceration and grave human rights violations, says the Global Commission on Drug Policy in a new report.
Groups push for protection of dissident
Post Reporters, Published on 18/10/2024
» More than 30 civil society groups have banded together to demand the government refrain from extraditing Vietnamese refugee Y Quynh Bdap who is now imprisoned in Thailand.
House advances on ethnic rights bill
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/08/2024
» A bill aiming to recognise the rights of some 60 ethnic groups in Thailand is heading towards its final readings in parliament, according to the House committee responsible for the legislation.
Reptiles gone wild: green iguana imports banned
Post Reporters, Published on 20/11/2023
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has announced a ban on the importation of green iguanas for fear their surging population would damage the environment and ecosystem.
Villagers asked to leave amid manhunt for escaped prisoner
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/11/2023
» Residents in a mountainous village have been asked to leave temporarily so police can hunt down the escaped prisoner Chaowalit Thongduang, who managed to flee after a shootout with police on Wednesday in Palian district of Trang.
Thailand celebrates its sixth Unesco listing
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/05/2023
» A national collection of palm-leaf manuscripts that Thailand nominated for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (Unesco) global list has won recognition as an entry among 64 newly included international inscriptions, the government said on Saturday.
Park eviction of Karen 'is rights abuse'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/02/2023
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation is violating the basic human rights of Karen ethnic minorities living in Phetchaburi's Kaeng Krachan district, saying the villagers have the right to stay in Bang Kloy under the 2017 constitution.
Buakaw confirms he's Thai, not Cambodian
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/01/2023
» Famous Muay Thai boxer Sombat "Buakaw" Banchamek says he comes from the indigenous ethnic group of Kuy, but his nationality is Thai.