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Jatuporn's health 'improves'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/01/2017
» Red-shirt co-leader Jatuporn Prompan's health has improved and he was expected to be sent back to prison by yesterday, the Department of Corrections has said.
Bern 'regrets' refusal to transfer inmate
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/09/2016
» Thailand has refused a request by Switzerland to repatriate a Swiss national, convicted of selling information to anti-government groups in Malaysia, so he can serve the rest of his sentence in his home country, a senior diplomat said yesterday.
Royal pardon frees lese majeste convict
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/08/2016
» Patiwat Saraiyaem, who was jailed for insulting the monarchy, was among 235 inmates released on Friday following a royal amnesty decree to mark the Queen's 84th birthday.
NHRC chair gets flak over shackle defence
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/07/2016
» The National Human Rights Commission's (NHRC) chairman has come under fire following his statement regarding the use of shackles on student activists when they were taken to the Military Court last week.
Death penalty opponents urged to go public
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/06/2016
» Despite relentless calls by local and international human rights advocacy groups that Thailand scrap capital punishment, there is a long way to go for the Thai state to give a positive response like others in the international community.
Women's prison orders activist body search probe
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/05/2016
» A women's prison in Bangkok has ordered a probe into the alleged maltreatment of a female student activist and promised to introduce bio-body scan equipment at women's prisons within three months, a senior official said on Friday.
Fate of Khon Kaen model defendants uncertain
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/05/2016
» Two years ago, a confused Virachai Chabunmee woke up to find himself banged up in prison with a bunch of inmates whom he was supposedly in cahoots with in an insurrection plot.
Songkran behind glass walls
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/04/2016
» It was a touching scene when Sansern Srioonruen started to bow while raising his palms to wai his mother sitting on a small stool in front of him. It was an act he had always performed for his mother at home during the Songkran festival.
Three women take on the military regime
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/03/2016
» On International Women's Day today, I would like to highlight the lives and work of three women who have championed rights protection for people they believe have been unfairly treated by the state. Their work at times puts them in difficult situations, but they press on regardless.
Free bird
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/08/2015
» Hers is neither a story of a pretty canary in a cage, nor a Cinderella-like fairy tale of a girl who will soon get rich and find love.