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Scholars call for changes to CDC draft
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/02/2016
» Mahidol University, the Law Reform Committee and civic groups have demanded a more relaxed political environment and the inclusion of human rights provisions in the draft constitution.
Civil society not happy with CDC draft charter
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/02/2016
» Civil society has given the thumbs down to the Meechai draft charter saying it revokes the rights and liberties enshrined under previous constitutions, with some NGOs threatening to vote against it during the referendum if the draft is not changed.
Dept mulls fate of forest encroachers
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/12/2015
» The state must try harder to keep national parks clear of illegal occupiers if it is to reach its goal of preserving the forests, said Tanya Netithammakun, deputy director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.
Speaking for the silent
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/12/2015
» Circumstances make heroes and heroines. The more bluntly and bloodily repressive Thai society acts against the exploited and vulnerable, the more people will stand up to help protect the marginalised.
AFP awards Kate Webb Prize to Prachatai reporter
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/12/2015
» A crusading online reporter from alternative news site Prachatai has taken this year's Agence France-Presse (AFP) Kate Webb Prize for her coverage of royal defamation cases, as debate reignites on freedom of expression versus the lese majeste laws in Thailand.
Climate of fear won't cover up regime's black sheep
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/11/2015
» In yet another sign of the intellectual suffocation which the regime is pressing upon us, two academics from Chiang Mai University are to appear before police for telling the military to stop interfering with academic freedom.
Forest harm lawsuits 'target poor'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/09/2015
» Activists have urged the government to suspend compensation lawsuits against forest encroachers and consider a more humane formula to address "climate change justice".
Top court rules against encroachers
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/08/2015
» The Supreme Administrative Court has upheld a lower court's verdict dismissing 23 villagers' complaints against the compensation methods used by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and the Royal Forest Department.
Peace in South 'needs action, not gimmicks'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/07/2015
» Peace activists have welcomed the release of a former senior Patani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo) militant, but said direct action to improve justice and safety was more important for a sustainable peace process in the South.
No easy way home for Thais in exile
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/06/2015
» The exiles sat on one side of the gymnasium, the military men and government officials on the other. There was an air of conciliation. But not all of the 467 displaced Muslims who attended Monday’s unprecedented meeting at a military camp in Narathiwat felt reassured after hearing the sympathetic words of government officials.