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The fight for clean air
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/08/2025
» After a public hearing wrapped up recently, the Clean Air Bill is heading to a second reading in parliament next month. If passed into law, it will guarantee people's access to clean air.
In love, in law
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 30/06/2025
» Nareeluc Pairchaiyapoom, director of the International Human Rights Division at the Ministry of Justice, spent more than 15 years working on the legalisation of same-sex marriage, which finally took effect early this year. She said, however, "it is just the first step to make everybody aware of equal rights".
Petition filed in push for equal citizenship
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 25/03/2025
» A petition has been submitted to allow LGBTI individuals to obtain Thai citizenship in response to the Marriage Equality Law, according to the Secretariat of the House of Representatives.
Thai women still left holding the baby
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 18/03/2025
» If you buy abortion pills a day after 12 weeks of pregnancy, you have committed a crime.
Move Forward won't vote for Pheu Thai PM candidate
Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/08/2023
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) said it would vote against the prime ministerial candidate of the Pheu Thai Party because Pheu Thai was forming a government with military-linked parties.
MFP to press House on charter rewrite
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 17/08/2023
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) will submit an urgent motion asking the House of Representatives to pass a resolution seeking a public referendum on rewriting the constitution.
The right to clean air
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/06/2023
» In 2009, Smog In The City envisioned a not-too-distant future for Chiang Mai. Set in 2019, Fah returns home to find her family and villagers suffering from air pollution. Following a critical level of toxic haze, the government orders a state of emergency and immediate evacuation. After her mother dies of smog-induced acute coronary syndrome, she rushes to take her family to an airport like other evacuees. While her father and brother deteriorate, a couple approaches her car for drinking water.
Thailand Clean Air Network needs you
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 25/05/2023
» The Thailand Clean Air Network (Thailand CAN) has launched a video campaign titled #TheAirYouBreatheMatters to raise public awareness of the impact of air pollution and garner support for draft legislation, that once implemented, will hold polluters accountable.
Giving evidence
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 20/03/2023
» Under authoritarian rule, truths are silenced, censored and mutilated. Yet, many people find ways to tell their stories. It is an irony, though, that a repressive regime is a precondition of creative resistance.
Move Forward rules out Palang Pracharath, UTN coalitions
Thana Boonlert, Published on 15/01/2023
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) leader on Sunday vowed not to join either the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) or the United Thai Nation (UTN) Party to form the next government.