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Anti-coup protester acquitted on civil-rights defence
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/02/2016
» An anti-coup defendant arrested on charges of defying martial law and the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) order on political rallies has been acquitted.
Victims' kin vent fury at NACC ruling
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/01/2016
» The mother of a nurse slain at Wat Pathum Wanaram during the horrific violence in May 2010 has vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Ultra-royalists converge on US embassy
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/10/2015
» Ultra-royalist and pro-coup groups have called on the US embassy not to support some "biased Thais" who criticise Thailand, singling out Human Rights Watch (HRW) representative Sunai Phasuk.
French ambassador dodges lese majeste request
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/07/2015
» The French ambassador has told the justice minister that "France doesn't have a lese majeste law" after being asked this week about whether France would extradite three Thais wanted here for insulting the monarchy.
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.
Deaths of 4 at rallies remain a mystery
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 01/05/2015
» The Criminal Court ruled Thursday there was not sufficient evidence to determine who was responsible for the fatal shootings of four people, including a Japanese journalist, during a red-shirt protest in 2010 and an anti-government rally in 2013.
The path of most resistance
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/04/2015
» Their photos and names are not only held on civilian, police and military intelligence files. The armed forces have now spread warnings about them to non-military staff and family members situated in and around Bangkok barracks.
Anniversary of protest crackdown sours
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/04/2015
» The fifth anniversary of the April 10, 2010, protest crackdown has turned bitter after the army forced relatives of red-shirt victims killed in the skirmishes to abandon all gatherings planned to mark the event.
Documenting the eye of the storm
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/01/2015
» When 46-year-old Nikolaus Freiherr von Nostitz, better known as Nick, sent emails to his contacts on Dec 20 seeking financial help, some thought it was a scam. Soliciting donations is uncharacteristic of the outspoken but humble Nostitz. For years, people could see that the German was a modest guy who roamed around Bangkok on his decade-old Kawasaki GTO motorcycle to cover the turbulent transformation of Thai politics, from both sides (or more) of the conflict.
Fingers on the political pulse
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/12/2014
» The three-finger salute by five Khon Kaen students in front of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha last month revived the spirit of dissent against the regime and earned them international recognition.