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A rocky road to the draft constitution vote
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/07/2016
» A glance at the motto on the website of the Office of the Election Commission (EC) regarding the forthcoming charter referendum, which will take place in about three weeks' time, and many may gain the impression the process is going smoothly, without problems.
People's movements tread troubled paths
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/05/2016
» The month of May is the time when Thailand marks two political upheavals. One is the Black May uprising of 1992 when the pro-democracy movement was at a peak.
October generations are colour-coded
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/10/2014
» Today, families of the victims of the Oct 14, 1973 uprising and pro-democracy activists will attend a ceremony to mark the 41st anniversary of the historic mass protest which toppled Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn and his dictatorial clique.
World’s focus now on path back to democracy, rights
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/07/2014
» Two months after the May 22 coup, the red-shirt movement which had rallied behind the Pheu Thai Party and the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) has actually become dormant. The anti-coup exile movement has failed to ignite their defiance against military rule.
One month on, signs of repression linger
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/06/2014
» The quote above was one of the recent comments posted on Facebook by Sukunya Prueksakasemsuk, wife of red-shirt magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk who was sentenced to 11 years in jail for lese majeste in January last year. Somyot has been behind bars since his arrest on April 30, 2011, his bail requests denied by the court 15 times.
Losing our sanity in the political abyss
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/05/2014
» The political chaos made me rush to check my Oxford Learners’ Dictionary for the meaning of "sanity" (the state of having a normal healthy mind; and the state of being sensible and reasonable). It is something that is currently hard to find in our society as warring parties try to justify their own unbending aims. Those holding the middle ground will be automatically dubbed “un-Thai”, disloyal, or hired/paid by the other side.
State of emergency marks another blunder by Pheu Thai
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/01/2014
» Yingluck Shinawatra's invocation of the emergency decree on Tuesday evening _ a serious misstep of the ruling Pheu Thai Party _ will only draw more support for the anti-government groups that have been attempting to overthrow her government for the past three months.
Yingluck must seize the chance to lead
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/01/2014
» The political conflict which has seen a series of violent attacks and acts of sabotage has rekindled public fears over a coup.
Rights, liberty and restraint emerge from the storm
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/12/2013
» The Yingluck Shinawatra government's show of restraint towards anti-government protesters has paid off as a stream of international support pours in.
Thai politics reaches boiling point once again
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/11/2013
» The fiasco over the blanket amnesty bill push has unfortunately brought Thai politics to boiling point once again.