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Hun Manet thanks Thailand for preventing 'interference' in Cambodia affairs
Reuters, Published on 07/02/2024
» Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet on Wednesday expressed gratitude to his Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin for not allowing Thailand to be used as a base for people to "interfere" with his country's affairs.
Dissident Russian rock band deported to Israel
Reuters, Published on 01/02/2024
» Members of a Russian rock band opposed to the Ukraine war have left Thailand for Israel a week after the authorities threatened to deport them back to Moscow for working at the resort island of Phuket without a permit, the band and the Royal Thai Police said on Thursday.
Govt admits using phone spyware, cites ‘national security’
Reuters, Published on 20/07/2022
» A government minister has admitted Thai authorities use surveillance software to track individuals in cases involving national security or drugs, amid revelations that government critics' phones had been hacked using the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware.
UN presses Myanmar junta for aid access
Reuters, Published on 31/01/2022
» The United Nations Secretary-General has urged Myanmar's ruling military to allow humanitarian aid access and address the "desperate needs" of its people, highlighting a year since a coup ended a decade of democracy and plunged the country into turmoil.
After Myanmar coup, detainees' families search for answers
Reuters, Published on 29/01/2022
» Nearly a year after his son was last seen being hauled away by Myanmar junta troops, 66-year-old Win Hlaing says he just wants to know whether he is alive.
Clashes in Myanmar continue as Thailand sends refugees back
Reuters, Published on 19/12/2021
» TAK: Thailand has sent over 600 Myanmar refugees who fled fighting between the military and ethnic rebels back across the border, according to a senior Thai official who said on Sunday clashes were continuing.
Cambodia jails critics deported by Thailand
Reuters, Published on 22/11/2021
» PHNOM PENH: Three Cambodian refugees deported by Thailand have been jailed on charges of conspiracy and incitement, police said on Monday, as pressure grows on the government to protect activists at risk of persecution in their home countries.
Govt defends strict royal insults law at UN rights review
Reuters, Published on 10/11/2021
» The government defended the controversial law criminalising criticism of the powerful monarchy on Wednesday, as United Nations member states expressed concern over the country’s rights record and arrests of youth protesters pushing for royal reforms since last year.
Police consider deportation of Malaysian transgender entrepreneur
Reuters, Published on 22/09/2021
» Authorities are considering whether to deport a transgender businesswoman who was convicted this month of illegal entry and is wanted in Malaysia for insulting Islam, a case that has put a spotlight on Malaysia's approach to gender identity.
Lawmakers debate long-awaited legislation on torture, abductions
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2021
» Parliament on Wednesday started debating draft legislation outlawing torture and enforced disappearance, following years of delay and civil society outrage over alleged abuses and impunity among law enforcement personnel.