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Uyghurs held in Thailand ‘fear new bid to return them to China’
Online Reporters, Published on 11/01/2025
» A group of Uyghur men who have been detained in Thailand for more than a decade allege that the Thai government is preparing to deport them to China, where they would be at risk of abuse and torture, say activists.
Zoo to trademark ‘Moo Deng the Hippo’
Online Reporters, Published on 21/09/2024
» Khao Kheow Open Zoo is preparing to trademark the name “Moo Deng the Hippo” to capitalise on interest in the bouncy little baby that has become a global superstar.
Leaders skip US envoy meet
News, AP and Bangkok Post, Published on 05/11/2019
» Seven Southeast Asian leaders on Monday skipped an important meeting with the United States after President Donald Trump decided not to attend their Asean Summit in Thailand.
Prayut dodges opposition questions over flawed oath
Bangkok Post and AP, Published on 18/09/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has come under fire in a parliamentary debate because he omitted a key phrase in taking his oath of office in July, but dodged opposition demands to explain why he had left it out.
Dissolve Thai Raksa Chart, Election Commission decides
Mongkol Bangprapa and agencies, Published on 13/02/2019
» The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday decided to recommend that the Constitutional Court dissolve the Thai Raksa Chart Party (TRC) for nominating Princess Ubolratana to be its prime ministerial candidate.
Jailed Reuters reporters appeal to Myanmar's supreme court
AP, Published on 01/02/2019
» NAY PYI TAW: A lawyer for two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of violating Myanmar's Official Secrets Act filed an appeal on Friday with the Supreme Court seeking to overturn their convictions.
Request for Bahraini footballer's extradition reaches court
Online Reporters and AP, Published on 01/02/2019
» Prosecutors on Friday asked the Criminal Court to approve the extradition of detained refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi to Bahrain. His lawyer said she would oppose it.
DNA tests prove disappeared activists were murdered
Bangkok Post and AP, Published on 23/01/2019
» Police confirm that DNA tests prove that two bodies washed up on the shore of the Mekong River in the Northeast are the corpses missing anti-government activists.
Australia raised detained refugee with Thai authorities
AP and Reuters, Published on 30/11/2018
» MELBOURNE/BANGKOK: Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne says her officials have raised with Thai authorities the plight of an Australia-based refugee professional soccer player who has been detained in Bangkok and fears deportation to his native Bahrain.
'Lame' government rap responds to 'Prathet Ku Mee'
Online reporters & AP, Published on 02/11/2018
» An official government Thailand 4.0 rap video was played to introduce Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's remarks to about 500 attendees of a conference on startups at Government House on Thursday.