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Advocates want equality for lesbians
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/01/2017
» Thai society has yet to understand, respect, and treat people who are different based on gender and ethnic identities in a way which would prevent hate speech and eventually hate crimes, according to gender diversity advocates.
Justice must come for all victims of political violence
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/10/2016
» All victims of political violence, including marginalised members of society, killed in times of turmoil deserve as much recognition as the intellectuals slaughtered in the brutal bloodshed of Oct 6, 1976, say media and political activists.
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.
Locals fear for safety after southern activist shooting
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/04/2016
» The Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) needs to step up efforts to solve land disputes to avoid further attacks on community-based human rights defenders, Surat Thani land rights activists say.
Activist survives shooting
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/04/2016
» A Surat Thani land rights activist who was shot six times on Friday is now in a stable condition.
'Popcorn gunman' gets 37 years in prison
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/03/2016
» The Criminal Court yesterday sentenced the so-called "popcorn gunman", who opposed the aborted February 2014 general election, to 37 years and four months in jail.
Karadag denies shrine blast charge
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/02/2016
» Adem Karadag, one of the two Chinese ethnic Uighur men arrested for the Erawan shrine bombing in Bangkok last year, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder or involvement in the fatal attack, according to his lawyer.
Families continue quest for justice as NACC clears Abhisit
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/01/2016
» After six years, the Akkahad and Srithep families which lost their children in the fatal crackdown on red-shirt demonstrators in 2010 are undaunted and determined to pursue the task of seeking justice for their loved ones.
Koh Tao murder pair get death
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/12/2015
» KOH SAMUI: Two migrant workers from Myanmar have been sentenced to death for the brutal murders of two British backpackers on Koh Tao in September 2014, a gruesome crime that focused global attention on tourist safety and police conduct in the country.
Saudi envoy hopes to restore ties
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/10/2015
» Twenty-five years after downgrading ties with Bangkok, Saudi Arabia is offering an olive branch to "normalise'' its relationship with Thailand.