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UN 'reprisal' report fingers Thailand
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 14/09/2018
» The government will investigate details in cases identified in a United Nations secretary-general's report on reprisals and intimidation against people cooperating with the UN on human rights, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
Mobile phones banned in schools in France
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 03/09/2018
» Texting under the table should be a thing of the past when French children return to class on Monday following a nationwide ban on mobile phones in schools.
NCPO to allow parties limited political activities
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 28/08/2018
» The National Council for Peace and Order has approved the partial lifting of the ban on political activities, with an official announcement to be issued shortly, NCPO deputy chief Gen Tanasak Patimapragorn said on Tuesday.
PM riled at Islamic dress row
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/08/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered the Education Ministry on Tuesday to settle a dispute over a ban on students wearing Islamic dress at a school in Pattani in the insurgency-plagued deep South.
Primary schools face lunch budgets grilling
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 12/06/2018
» State-run primary schools will be quizzed on how they spent their budget for school lunch programmes, the Office of Basic Education Commission (Obec) said on Monday, after widespread irregularities in how the money was handed out were found in Surat Thani and Phichit.
Campaigns 'must follow rules' says PM
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 07/06/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha Wednesday shrugged off growing calls for the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to lift a ban on political activities, hinting the government was unlikely to let election campaigns proceed freely.