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Syria needs another miracle for peace to stay
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/12/2024
» They're still celebrating the miraculous fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, and the killing has stopped in Syria except for parts of the north, east and south. So what are the odds that the man whose fighters brought down the regime, Ahmed al-Sharaa, can bring peace, prosperity and even democracy to Syria?
Elections still too bloody
News, Editorial, Published on 16/12/2024
» The brutal assassination of Chaimet Sitsanitphong, a provincial council member, at the home of Soonthorn Vilawan, president of the Prachin Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO), has sent shockwaves across Thailand.
Most southern Thais say Pheu Thai affected most by Tak Bai justice failure: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 10/11/2024
» The majority of people in the deep South think that the failure to bring defendants in the 2004 Tak Bai massacre case to justice would most affect the Pheu Thai Party, while the People's Party are most favoured in the next general election, according to an opinion poll.
Critics slam 'failure of justice' in Tak Bai massacre case
AEKARACH SATTABURUTH, APINYA WIPATAYOTIN and WASSAYOS NGAMKHAM, Published on 03/11/2024
» Critics have slammed authorities in the justice system for their failure to bring defendants in the Tak Bai massacre case to trial before the statute of limitations expired.
No justice for Tak Bai
News, Editorial, Published on 30/10/2024
» The return of a former defendant in the Tak Bai lawsuit who disappeared to let the statute of limitations expire shows the strength of Thailand's culture of impunity.
Tak Bai massacre defendant back at work after case expired
Online Reporters, Published on 29/10/2024
» A local official accused over the mass deaths at the Tak Bai rally has returned to work now the statute of limitations in the case has expired, and not one of the defendants stood trial.
Court declares end of Tak Bai massacre case after defendants' no-show
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/10/2024
» The Tak Bai massacre case is officially over, according to a court announcement on Monday, after all seven defendants failed to report to the judges by the Friday deadline.
No Tak Bai miracles to deliver justice
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/10/2024
» There was no miracle as the clock ticked past midnight of Oct 25 marking the end of the 20-year statute of limitations in the Tak Bai case.
Last-ditch bid to make Tak Bai massacre case arrests
News, Wassayos Ngamkham and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 23/10/2024
» National police chief Pol Gen Kitrat Phanphet has demanded a last-ditch bid to locate the whereabouts of all the suspects in the 2004 Tak Bai massacre case before the statute of limitations expires on Friday.
Thai PM urged to track down Tak Bai massacre defendants
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 22/10/2024
» Forty-three non-governmental organisations have signed an open letter urging Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, along with the Interior Minister and national police chief, to make sure the seven defendants in the 2004 Tak Bai massacre case are brought to trial before the case's statute of limitations expires this Friday.