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Model citizens await fate in military court
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/12/2014
» Two bailed defendants allegedly involved in the so-called "Khon Kaen model" of red-shirt resistance insist they are innocent and had nothing to do with past red-shirt rallies.
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.
Let the people write their own histories, govt told
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/10/2014
» History may be written by the victors but the current government should allow different people to retell their histories as it may help fix conflicts without violence, a seminar was told yesterday.
The deafening silence of those defying orders
Spectrum, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 03/08/2014
» ‘Was three years in jail not enough? Why are they still chasing me, linking me with things that I don’t know about,” complained Thanthawut Taweewarodomkul, a former lese majeste convict who has been living in exile since the junta summonsed him in the first weeks after the coup.
Inmates at Laksi hope for reprieve
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 26/07/2014
» Prisoners being held at Laksi temporary jail have been offered a glimmer of hope after learning that the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) is considering an amnesty as part of national reconciliation efforts.
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.
Prayuth told to ease grip on power
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/07/2014
» Diplomats have raised concern over the possibility of junta chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha taking a duel role in an interim government.
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.
Jittra denies violating NCPO order
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/06/2014
» Activist Jittra Cotshadet, who was arrested yesterday at Suvarnabhumi airport after flying in from Sweden, has denied violating an order to report to military officials.
Activist denies violating NCPO order
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/06/2014
» Activist Jittra Cotshadet was arrested after she arrived on a flight from overseas at Suvarnabhumi airport on Friday, but denied she violated the order of the military's National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to report to military officials.