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Open and public discussion remains a risky business
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/10/2015
» There have been stark differences in the commemorative events for the Oct 14, 1973 student uprising and the Oct 6, 1976 massacre. The first was about the triumph for the democratic forces of the students, while the latter was the opposite. This year's commemorations were no exception.
Families still bitter in wake of botched raid
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/04/2015
» The public furore about the deadly military-police raid on a house in Thung Yang Daeng district on March 25 has subsided after a military probe cleared the four victims of any involvement in the insurgency.
Embracing militias with open arms
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/11/2014
» Two village defence volunteers stood timidly, holding unloaded M1 carbine rifles, with a group Ban Paku primary school students when a group of Bangkok journalists visited last week. The Pattani school had been torched a month earlier.
Keep talking, Irish peacemakers urge
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/08/2014
» Peace talks on ending the southern conflict should carry on despite the prospect of more violence, three men who were party to the Northern Ireland conflict have said.
Academics say 1976 coup set precedent for 2006
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/10/2012
» The October 1976 coup set a precedent for the military coup three decades later, according to academics speaking at a seminar yesterday marking the 36th anniversary of the Oct 6 massacre.