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UN 'reprisal' report fingers Thailand
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 14/09/2018
» The government will investigate details in cases identified in a United Nations secretary-general's report on reprisals and intimidation against people cooperating with the UN on human rights, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
Concerns over vaccine
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 14/01/2021
» The Ministry of Public Health has requested further information about the vaccine it has ordered from China following a report it might not be as effective as first thought.
At least 100 missing in Laos after hydropower dam collapse
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 24/07/2018
» Hundreds of people are missing and an unknown number believed dead after the collapse of a hydropower dam in southeast Laos, state media reported on Tuesday.
Sex stings 'breach women's rights'
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 04/06/2018
» Crackdowns on human trafficking are welcome but stings on sex workers should be made illegal because they violate human rights, sex work advocates say.
Prayut wants to curb rival gatherings
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 15/01/2020
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has voiced concern that rival political rallies by his supporters and opponents will lead to fresh conflicts, and said he has instructed security authorities to find ways to prevent such activities in the future.
Don slams diplomats for accompanying Thanathorn
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 09/04/2019
» Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai has accused foreign envoys of breaching diplomatic protocol and intervening in the justice system by being present when Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit reported to Pathumwan police on a sedition charge.
Envoys applied to observe when FFP boss reported to police
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 09/04/2019
» The Future Forward Party (FFP) said on Monday international organisations and embassies sought permission to observe party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit when he reported to the police on Saturday to face charges involving a pro-democracy rally he attended four years ago.
Future Forward's Piyabutr denies charges
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 18/04/2019
» Future Forward Party secretary-general Piyabutr Saengkanokkul has denied computer crime and contempt of court charges stemming from a video clip of him reading a party statement on the Constitutional Court's decision to dissolve the Thai Raksa Chart Party in March.
Security raised as bombs rattle South
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 01/01/2019
» Security has been stepped up in the South following a spate of violent attacks over the past week.
Traffickers jailed over child flower sellers
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 26/09/2018
» The Mae Sot Provincial Court has sentenced two migrants in a human trafficking case to 12 years in jail and ordered them to pay almost 1.3 million baht in compensation to the victims, according to the Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF).