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'Changing attitudes' key to improving women's prisons
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 12/09/2016
» Changing people's mentality poses the biggest stumbling block to implementing guidelines for improving women's prisons known as the Bangkok Rules, says justice expert Nathee Chitsawang.
CDC's charter folk song 'skirts' issues
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 26/05/2016
» Social activists have slammed the Charter Drafting Committee's (CDC) folk song, released on Monday, to boost public interest in the draft constitution. They say it fails to reflect the substance of issues included in the draft, as well as the importance of the referendum process.
SRT puts brakes on Red Line safety fence
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 13/02/2016
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has agreed to temporarily halt the construction of a security fence along the Red Line railway in Rangsit area, after local communities complained road access to their homes would be blocked.
Farmers voice concerns over land bank bill
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 19/12/2015
» Activists and farmers have voiced concerns over the Land Bank Administration Institute's (LBAI) land bank bill currently being considered by the cabinet.
Anupong orders flood mitigation action
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 07/10/2015
» Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda yesterday ordered the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation to coordinate with all relevant agencies to reduce severe flooding and subsequent traffic chaos in the Bangkok metropolitan area.
Activists, experts welcome slave trade court
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 01/08/2015
» Rights activists and legal experts have welcomed the opening of a Criminal Court division for human trafficking cases, but say tighter law enforcement, as well as efficient regulation of the court itself must be implemented first.
Student activists vow to keep on fighting
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 09/07/2015
» The 14 students of the New Democracy Movement (NDM) have vowed to continue their fight and seek a trial in a civilian court, instead of the military court, when their charges are heard.
Concerned city folk slash water usage
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 25/06/2015
» After cleaning his ingredients for cooking, Boonchai Sattapiriyapong doesn't throw away the used water. Instead, he saves his buckets to water his plants or clean the bathroom.
Singapore names orchid after Prayut
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 13/06/2015
» What do Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Yingluck Shinawatra, the elected prime minister he toppled in the 2014 military coup, have in common? They share the distinction of having an orchid named after them at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
NACC lobbies cabinet to end e-auctions
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 02/05/2015
» National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) chairman Panthep Klanarongran on Tuesday asked the cabinet to seek the government's approval to stop using e-auctions for state construction projects as it fails to stop monopolies and causes the projects to be poor quality.