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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.
Few crisis lessons learned
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 03/10/2016
» Four decades after the Oct 6, 1976 bloodshed, one of the most gruesome chapters in modern Thai history has not yet been demystified by the Thai state, with some of the event's masterminds still powerful today, say academics.
Draft 'no answer to conflict'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/08/2016
» The constitution alone cannot heal political divisions, according to constitutional experts.
Tom Dundee confesses to lese majeste
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 31/05/2016
» Singer "Tom Dundee" pleaded guilty to committing lese majeste in the Criminal Court yesterday in what was seen as a precursory move to seek a royal pardon if he is handed a lengthy prison term.
OIC head Madani set for PM meet
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/01/2016
» The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretary-general will meet Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and the Sheikhul Islam Office (SIO) today.
'Nervous' NCPO allows academic-freedom forum to proceed
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/12/2015
» A panel discussion on academic freedom under the military threatened with cancellation by the military will be allowed to continue as scheduled.
NHRC risks Tuesday downgrade
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/11/2015
» Thailand's human rights commissioners have pleaded for public sympathy for their "hard work" in protecting Thai people's rights and liberties over the past six years.
Families honour protest victims
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/05/2015
» Reconciliation can only be achieved when the truth is told and rival parties accept their guilt, not by pretending to let the past go, said survivors and relatives Tuesday at the five-year commemoration of the bloody crackdown on red-shirt demonstrators in 2010.
Charter drafter sees 'grand coalition'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/04/2015
» The new constitution will produce reconciliation by design, where rival parties would be compelled to work together in a "grand coalition government", charter drafters say.
Politics-linked inmates get help
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/02/2015
» The Constitution Drafting Committee's (CDC) reconciliation panel pledged to help prisoners jailed for acts of political violence seek pardons after visiting them in prison yesterday.