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Activists need protection
News, Editorial, Published on 14/05/2019
» Thailand's already battered human rights record has fallen another notch following reports of the mysterious disappearance of three activists accused of lese majeste while in exile in Vietnam.
Exile's parents seek information on his disappearance
Associated Press, Published on 13/05/2019
» The parents of a self-exiled Thai activist who disappeared after reportedly being extradited from Vietnam visited government offices and diplomatic missions in Bangkok on Monday to seek information about his fate.
Time to set the press free
News, Editorial, Published on 03/05/2019
» A warning has been given. Thailand is inching closer towards becoming a new China when it comes to press freedom. The 2019 report by Reporters Without Borders indicates that the military regime has increasingly adopted the Chinese style of total news control. It speaks volumes about the dire situation here.
Hale hails return to democracy
News, Published on 01/05/2019
» The United States has reaffirmed its support for Thailand to return to an elected civilian government in the wake of the March 24 poll.
Empire strikes back in Game of Thanathorn
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 30/04/2019
» It may look like the "empire" is striking back at Future Forward Party (FFP) leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, but don't forget that this could just be the middle chapter of another long-drawn out Thai political conflict story.
Corrupt ideologies
News, Postbag, Published on 24/04/2019
» Re: "End scourge of extremism", (Editorial, April 23). The extremism of religious zealotry is merely one subspecies of ideological zealotry. Ideologies like communism, Christianity, fascism, Hinduism, absolute monarchism, Islam, nationalist Buddhism, white supremacism and the rest all share common features.
Allow judicial criticism
News, Editorial, Published on 19/04/2019
» When law lecturer-turned-politician Piyabutr Saengkanokkul read out a statement by his Future Forward Party (FFP) on the Constitutional Court's dissolution of the Thai Raksa Chart Party in March, it did not cause him much trouble.
FFP bigwig denies NCPO charges
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/04/2019
» Future Forward Party (FFP) secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul reported to the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) on Wednesday and denied two charges filed against him over his reading of a party statement involving the Constitutional Court's decision to dissolve the Thai Raksa Chart Party in early March.
Thai black hole grows by the day
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 16/04/2019
» The first photograph of a black hole was published last week. It looks a lot like Thailand after the March 24 election.
Democratic justice
News, Postbag, Published on 13/04/2019
» I wish to thank the 12 diplomats and their respective democratic countries for finally supporting the Thai people. Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai's comment, "It's an intervention in our justice system" is a joke. Without a truly democratically elected government there is no justice.