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Bangkok police open inquiry in US ambassador's speech
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/12/2015
» Bangkok police have launched an inquiry into whether a controversial speech by US ambassador Glyn T Davies condemning long prison sentences for lese majeste convictions violated Thailand's royal defamation law.
The South's harshest reality
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/08/2014
» Six governments have come and gone since 2004, but the inferno of violence in the deep South rages on with the dead continuing to multiply and the trauma for the living never-ending.
Mum of slain protester takes aim at sluggish investigation
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 01/07/2014
» The mother of a slain anti-Yingluck Shinawatra protester has cried foul about the sluggish pace of the investigation into her son's death.
Sant loses final sex case fight
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/04/2014
» The Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of a women’s rights activist, ending an almost decade-long criminal libel suit filed by a former police chief against her in 2003.
Saudi 'hopeful' of Monday ruling
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/03/2014
» Family members of a missing Saudi businessman hope that a court ruling in a case against five senior police officers on Monday will bring some closure in the 24-year saga.
PACC mulls ex-cop trafficking rap
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/03/2014
» The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) is considering whether to file charges against a police officer for alleged involvement in the trafficking of illegal Rohingya immigrants in Phang Nga.
Monk defends sale of Mae Tao clinic land
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/07/2013
» Embattled monk Phra Kittisak Kittisopano has defended his recent sale of a plot of land that is home to the Mae Tao clinic run by Ramon Magsaysay laureate Cynthia Maung.
Land dispute stalls Mae Tao upgrade
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/07/2013
» A land-sale dispute has stalled plans to upgrade facilities at the Mae Tao clinic, its founder Cynthia Maung said yesterday.
Abuse probe to end this month
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/07/2013
» The National Human Rights Commission says it will conclude its investigation into charges of human rights abuses involving Rohingya refugees this month. The NHRC is also moving ahead with trafficking charges against a police officer.
Give Rohingya more time, say aid groups
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/07/2013
» PHANGNGA : Humanitarian agencies are appealing for the government to extend its six-month period of protection offered to more than 2,000 displaced Rohingya. The deal is due to expire in three weeks.