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Take abuse seriously
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/11/2024
» The prestigious seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council that the Thai government recently secured comes with great responsibilities. It means the government must live up to the standards set by the council to prove that it deserves a seat on it.
Violence no way to discipline kids
Editorial, Published on 13/10/2024
» The recent rejection of the draft law against child spanking by the House of Representatives for further review should alarm us all.
Impunity fuels school violence
Editorial, Published on 07/01/2024
» As we approach National Children's Day this coming Saturday, we cannot ignore the alarming reality of violence in schools that continues unabated due to systemic impunity and the authoritarian school culture.
Forest dwellers get raw deal
News, Editorial, Published on 16/10/2022
» Two lawsuits on forest encroachment made headlines late last month. One involved a powerful family charged with encroaching over 6,200 rai of national forest. The other was a landless peasant charged with encroaching on 10 rai of forest land. The legal outcomes highlighted yet again the gross disparity, legal double standards and injustice involved in such cases.
Trafficking in tiers and fears
News, Editorial, Published on 07/08/2022
» The government sighed with relief when the country's anti-trafficking performance moved up from the Tier 2 Watchlist to Tier 2 in the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, released on July 19.
Spat over history futile
Oped, Editorial, Published on 10/07/2021
» A temple construction project in Buri Ram, which features Khmer-style sandstone towers, has drawn the ire of some Cambodian netizens who accuse the builder of "copying" their Angkor Wat heritage site, leading to a war of words between netizens of both countries.
Karen woes unresolved
News, Editorial, Published on 19/01/2021
» For years, state authorities have claimed that the Karen issue in the Kaeng Krachan National Park has been settled -- that the indigenous forest dwellers who were evicted from their ancestral land in Bang Kloy village to a resettlement site down the hill have accepted their new life and are happy, while the registration of the forest complex as a Unesco World Heritage Site is well underway.
Don't forget 'disappeared'
News, Editorial, Published on 21/12/2019
» One year ago this month, Thai activist Surachai Danwattananusorn disappeared mysteriously from his residence in the Lao capital of Vientiane, while the bodies of his two aides were found in the Mekong River. Also, seven years ago this month, Lao activist Sombath Somphone suffered a "forced disappearance" in Vientiane.
Follow NLD charter lead
News, Editorial, Published on 01/02/2019
» Similar to the Thai constitution, Myanmar's supreme law entrenches the military in legislative and administrative power. It stands as a key obstacle to the country's full democratic transition.
Solve Mekong killings case
News, Editorial, Published on 25/01/2019
» The disappearance of 78-year-old political activist Surachai Danwattananusorn, also known as Surachai Saedan, and the killing of his two close aides, who had been living in exile in Laos, need not go down in history as unsolved and unexplained mysteries.