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Southern families dream of freedom from prison
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/12/2016
» The sweetest wish for those whose loved ones are in prison is nothing other than their freedom. Many have have been granted it in time to celebrate the New Year; many others still cling to hope.
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.
Pridi panel slams draft charter, NCPO
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/05/2016
» The latest junta-backed draft charter carries fewer democratic values than charters written after the 1932 revolution, scholars said yesterday at a ceremony marking the 116th birthday of the late statesman and coup leader Pridi Banomyong.
Jit remains little known in Thailand
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/05/2016
» Half a century after the passing of revolutionary Jit Bhumisak, the general public has yet to recognise this intellectual whose justice-for-all crusade made him join the communist insurgency and die at the age of only 36.
Remembering a faded revolutionary
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/05/2016
» SAKHON NAKHON -- Thailand needs to use something other than idolisation and propaganda to attract the younger generation to the scholarly works and ideology of late leftist intellectual Jit Phumisak, said historians commemorating the 50th anniversary of his death
UN rights body urges govt to free 14 activists, drop charges
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 01/07/2015
» The United Nations' human rights body and European Union delegation have raised concerns over the 14 student activists recently arrested in Bangkok and called on the government to drop the charges against them and release them.
Dissident students unite 'in protest'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/06/2015
» Anti-coup student activists from Khon Kaen who failed to report to police on June 19 arrived in Bangkok yesterday to support eight Bangkok students trying to sue authorities for allegedly violating their rights.
Police out to prevent 'revolution' protest
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/06/2015
» Police will not allow students or activists to stage political activities to mark the 83rd anniversary of the 1932 Siam Revolution Wednesday, national police chief Somyot Poompunmuang said.
Government 'must heed' lesson of Black May
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/05/2015
» The May 1992 massacre should serve as a forceful reminder to current military leaders not to expand their powers through an undemocratic constitution, according to those who participated in the bloody protests.
Security reform needed 'to help solve South violence'
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/08/2013
» Security reform is needed if Thailand wants a more peaceful and efficient way of dealing with the century-old problem with the Malayu Muslim separatists in the deep South, according to a seminar on "The BRN's Final Goals and Thailand's Peace Process".