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Partial ban still impedes poll debate
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 02/09/2018
» The regime is shutting off people from political participation in refusing to completely lift the ban on political activity. It still deprives people of their rights to have access to information about how they can engage in conversation with and join a political party and how they will benefit from its policies.
Thaksin holds out a distant hope
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 19/08/2018
» Deposed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is again provoking the Prayut Chan-o-cha government and the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) by rousing opposition among his supporters at home ahead of Thailand's first election in five years timed for early next year.
Courtship rituals fail to impress
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 24/06/2018
» Thailand is on track to hold a long-awaited general election by February next year if everything goes as planned, with politicians resorting to tricks of old as the polling day nears.
Return to democracy still slow, unsteady
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 13/05/2018
» Despite promises of a general election next year, the prospects of democracy in Thailand will continue to look bleak so long as the military government's ban on political activity, including stopping parties from campaigning, remains in place.