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No excuse for abuse
News, Editorial, Published on 08/11/2025
» The International Labour Organization estimated in 2021 that 27.6 million people were victims of forced labour, including sexual exploitation -- a global challenge that remains a serious concern for Thailand as well.
Protect victims, end scam empires
Editorial, Published on 26/10/2025
» While China, the West, and South Korea are cracking down on cyber scam empires, the Thai government is still looking the other way.
New weed stance misses the mark
Editorial, Published on 29/06/2025
» The Public Health Ministry's regulation requiring a prescription to purchase cannabis buds for medical use has triggered an outcry.
Child refugees finally get aid
Editorial, Published on 21/07/2024
» For the past three decades, Thailand's international standing on child rights protection has been marred by its refusal to recognise the need to assist refugee children. No longer.
Market fire a sad lesson
News, Editorial, Published on 18/06/2024
» A fire that ripped through a pet market in Chatuchak district last week, killing more than 5,300 animals, is a tragic loss.
Police raid overkill
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/06/2024
» Last Thursday, a large number of police, including a commando unit armed with assault rifles, raided three locations in Rayong province to search for evidence over allegations of illegal dumping of industrial waste by Win Process chemical recycling company.
Protect migrant kids
Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/03/2024
» A temple raid in Lop Buri has sparked concern over forced deportations after a group of 19 stateless children enrolled in a monkhood ordination programme were ejected from their class and transferred to the border province of Chiang Rai.
Angkhana fights on after 20 long years
News, Editorial, Published on 17/03/2024
» During the peak of the violence in the Deep South, prominent human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit was abducted and disappeared without a trace on March 12, 2004. Despite two decades having passed, truth and justice remain elusive, compounding his family's pain stemming from an unjust justice system.
Rushed raid raises doubts
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/09/2023
» The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau's (CCIB) decision to search the house of deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate "Big Joke" Hakparn, who is among those tipped to be the next national police chief, couldn't come at a worse time.
Stateless kids get raw deal
News, Editorial, Published on 10/07/2023
» Thailand's deportation of stateless children to war-torn Myanmar is reprehensible, unlawful and blatantly against international law. This egregious operation must stop without delay.