• OPINION

  Red Bull case must rev up

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/02/2024

  » After a long delay, justice is starting to take its course in the notorious hit-and-run case involving Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya, the Red Bull scion who allegedly killed a policeman in the Thong Lor area of Sukhumvit in September 2012 before fleeing the country.

• OPINION

  Activist saga casts dark stain

  News, Editorial, Published on 07/06/2020

  » The mysterious disappearance of an activist in exile has put another black mark against Thailand's human rights record.

• OPINION

  1MDB queries need answers

  News, Editorial, Published on 26/02/2020

  » Now that the military junta is being accused of helping Malaysia's former government to cover up the multi-billion-dollar investment fund 1MDB scandal, it should be of utmost importance for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to ensure that the public is given a clear, accurate picture of what exactly happened.

• OPINION

  Don't kowtow over Uighurs

  News, Editorial, Published on 16/01/2020

  » The recent failed escape of a group of Uighurs from a detention cell in the northeastern province of Mukdahan highlights the Catch-22 situation the country has been caught in for many years with this minority Muslim group from China. It's high time to find an acceptation solution.

• OPINION

  Overlooking Araibi's rights

  News, Editorial, Published on 02/02/2019

  » As it requested the Criminal Court to proceed with extraditing Bahraini footballer Hakeem al-Araibi to Manama yesterday, the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) sent a message to the international community that it would rather entertain Bahrain's request than follow international principles on refugee treatment.

• OPINION

  The lack of refugee policy

  News, Editorial, Published on 19/02/2019

  » Thailand has been at the centre of asylum and refugee disputes since the year began. But in the past six weeks, what has emerged is not a pretty picture. A young Saudi woman won world Twitter backing and a ticket to Canada. A Bahraini refugee from Australia won freedom for a second time with inventive diplomacy. Now three of the seven Uighur migrants who escaped detention at the Mukdahan Immigration office have "won" a police manhunt and a legal limbo where extradition back to China is their No.1 likely future.

• OPINION

  Immigration's poor choices

  News, Editorial, Published on 09/01/2019

  » A Saudi teenager took "running away from home" to a new level on Sunday when she showed up at Suvarnabhumi airport. What happened next, however, turned into unpleasant farce, with Thailand as villain.

• OPINION

  Don't drag on Araibi case

  News, Editorial, Published on 15/01/2019

  » The government should reconsider the continued detention of the refugee Hakeem al-Araibi, known as the refugee football player. He is being held without bail at Bangkok Remand Prison as a flight risk, while authorities from Bahrain attempt to extradite him. There is little compelling evidence to send him to a dangerous and possibly violent fate in that country. On the other hand, there are strong reasons to free him to return to Australia, where he has lived for four years in asylum while working towards citizenship.

• OPINION

  Abetting dictators

  News, Editorial, Published on 12/12/2018

  » The sudden government interest in apprehending political opponents of foreign governments is disappointing. It may be coincidence but in just a week, police have forcibly detained critics of the governments of Cambodia and Bahrain. The arrests and threats of deportation or extradition to these undemocratic countries go against normal human rights practices. They also violate decades of Thai policy that often welcomed and never threatened lives of foreigners pitted against their governments.

• OPINION

  A dubious detention

  News, Editorial, Published on 05/12/2018

  » The Police Immigration Bureau has placed Thailand in a dicey situation. On Nov 27, officers at Suvarnabhumi airport detained Hakeem Ali Mohamed Ali al-Araibi. He is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice -- hold for possible deportation.

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