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Thai big media forced to rethink unwritten rules
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 28/09/2020
» With the rise of the student-led pro-democracy movement, the topic of the monarchy, which was once a taboo, now has more space in public discussion.
Revolution's legacy back from the brink
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/06/2017
» Meanings assigned to specific persons and objects change through time. Once they were defined as supreme, then redefined as degenerate and consigned to oblivion.
Pai Dao Din's father vows to seek justice amid uncertainty
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/06/2017
» Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, or Pai Dao Din, may have passed the last subject of his undergraduate course last Friday, but no one knows if he will be able to celebrate his graduation with friends at the end of this year.
Man gets 35 years for FB posts
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/06/2017
» A man was jailed for 35 years yesterday for lese majeste and defamation in what is thought to be the highest penalty meted out for a case of its kind.
Longest prison sentence ever for lese majeste
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 09/06/2017
» A man was jailed for 35 years on Friday for lese majeste and defamation - the longest prison sentence to date for such a case, according to human rights advocates.
The walls are closing in on Thai journos
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 12/05/2017
» I've often been asked what it's like working as a journalist during periods of political upheaval in Thailand. My immediate answer is usually feeling as if my life is at stake. And secondly, I feel we live under a climate of intimidation.
Phuket journos get human rights look
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 05/04/2014
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will launch a probe into the case of two Phuket-based journalists who are facing the prospect of a defamation suit for their report implicating the Royal Thai Navy in the smuggling of Rohingya refugees.
Health activists to fight lawsuit
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 27/08/2013
» The People Health Systems Movement (PHSM) has vowed to fight defamation charges lodged against it by four doctors.
Witit plans legal action against GPO board, govt over sacking
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 28/06/2013
» Former Government Pharmaceutical Organisation managing director Witit Artavatkun plans to sue the GPO board, Public Health Minister Pradit Sinthawanarong and the cabinet for unlawful dismissal.