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A long walk to help stateless people
Published on 02/10/2016
» Two stateless men arrived at Thammasat University's Tha Prachan campus on Sunday, ending a 120-kilometre walk from Burapha University in Chon Buri to raise awareness on the plight of stateless people.
City Hall issues new Mahakan Fort deadline
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/08/2016
» City Hall said it will start dismantling houses in Mahakan Fort from Sept 3, though residents are adamant they will not budge.
NHRC calls for revision of Mahakan plan
News, Published on 10/08/2016
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked City Hall to halt the eviction of Mahakan Fort residents while legal experts introduce ways to amend the decree of expropriation issued for the community in 1992.
City Hall firm on Mahakan fort eviction
Published on 04/07/2016
» There is no reprieve for families who face eviction from the old Mahakan Fort Community, with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) planning to start demolishing their houses next month.
Stateless fight for their Thai identity
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 19/03/2016
» Thai by blood and culture, 88-year-old Arp Katukaeo has spent a lifetime trying to be officially recognised by Bangkok. All he had ever wanted was that critical Thai identity card that had been denied him and thousands of others.
Sea gypsy attack 'planned', hearing told
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 27/02/2016
» The national rights advocacy body has called for local police to investigate claims that people who savagely attacked sea gypsies on Phuket's Rawai beach late last month acted as an organised group.
DSI backs sea gypsies in land feud
News, Published on 31/01/2016
» A senior investigator has shot down a developer's claim to land at the centre of a dispute with a Phuket sea gypsy community, saying title deeds could have been wrongfully issued.
At the borders of ecological destruction
Life, Published on 18/01/2016
» A new year is often a time for joyful celebration. But Pianporn Deetes bid farewell to 2015 with a heavy heart.
Stateless Lao still struggling for basic rights 40 years later
News, Manop Thip-Osod, Published on 14/12/2015
» The 21-year civil war in Laos forced a large number of Lao people to seek refuge in Thailand, and many of them still live in the country today.
Ex-senator, former prisons chief nominated to NHRC
Online Reporters, Published on 22/09/2015
» A former legislator and an ex-prisons chief were nominated Tuesday to fill the last two vacant seats on the National Human Rights Commission.