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No strangers to the politics of loathing
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 22/08/2017
» Are we here in Thailand paying attention?
Media turn murder into one big circus
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 06/06/2017
» There is extreme hatred and unchecked condemnation, horror and loathing. Emotions definitely run high as the karaoke girl murder case keeps unfolding while questions about the standard of the police's work, their treatment of murder suspects and the country's criminal justice process in general explode.
Suspicion will grow unless video released
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 28/03/2017
» The key piece of evidence that will most likely reveal whether the extrajudicial killing of Lahu activist Chaiyapoom Pasae at a military checkpoint in Chiang Mai was justified should be CCTV footage of the incident.
Little basis for charges against Veera
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 14/03/2017
» Should the powers-that-be find the candid opinion survey by anti-corruption activist Veera Somkwamkid annoying? Probably. For them, it must be infuriating that Mr Veera used lines from the song composed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha himself, a song of sublime promises and sacrifice, as the very means to hurt the country's leader and his government.
Gloating and gloom as poll results set in
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 09/08/2016
» One thing has not changed, and if this one thing turns out to be the military regime's legacy, the overwhelming victory in Sunday's charter vote, and by extension an increased sense of legitimacy for the top brass, will become yet another episode of the entrenchment of political divisiveness in Thailand.
NCPO taking dangerous short-cuts
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/05/2016
» Death to rapists, killers and other high-profile criminals. Go home American ambassador. Lock up people who disagree with the military regime.
NCPO chips away at right to privacy
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 10/05/2016
» What is the use of a constitution, provisional or permanent, if it can't protect our mothers?Did we know that Section 4 of the provisional charter, enacted on July 22, 2014, extends its protection to human dignity, rights, freedom and equality, all of which Thais enjoyed under the tradition of the constitutional monarchy and existing international treaties?
Public apathy stokes shift to hard right
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 05/04/2016
» An appointed Senate and non-elected prime minister. Sending regime critics to training camps in the restive Deep South. Charging a woman with sedition who posted on Facebook a photo of herself with a red plastic bowl given by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
'Child angel' spirit infuses new draft
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 02/02/2016
» Some political observers have dubbed the new draft constitution the luk thep or "child angel doll version". They may have good reason.
ID card fuss offers perfect distraction
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 15/12/2015
» It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! A promise from none other than Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha himself assures that although Thais may not get to vote next year, the junta has found new, ingenious ways to use the ID card for national entertainment.