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Kasit warns China-style regime awaits
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/03/2015
» Far from being the knight on a white horse that many had hoped for, the military is ushering in a bureaucrat-led guided democracy that will lead to "one-party China-style politics" in Thailand, a prominent critic has charged.
Magazine editor loses lese majeste appeal
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/09/2014
» The Appeal Court yesterday upheld a lower court's 10-year lese majeste prison sentence for Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, former editor of Voice of Taksin magazine.
US, Japan anti-coup stance begins to melt
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/09/2014
» Attitudes toward post-coup Thailand by the United States and Japan appear to be softening following the appointment of the new cabinet.
The South's harshest reality
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/08/2014
» Six governments have come and gone since 2004, but the inferno of violence in the deep South rages on with the dead continuing to multiply and the trauma for the living never-ending.
Research seen as tool to end injustice
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/08/2014
» Social research must focus on ending injustice and creating collective respect for human rights and democracy, a seminar at Chulalongkorn University has been told.
Critics slam overzealous use of lese majeste since putsch
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/07/2014
» A surge in the filing of lese majeste charges following the May 22 coup has raised concerns that more lawsuits will only undermine political reconciliation sought by the junta, critics say.
Watchdog warns of murky Tisa accord
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/06/2014
» A free trade watchdog warned the military junta yesterday to be ready to confront a move by the United States and the European Union to push for trading partners, including Thailand, to open their financial markets to US and Europe-based multinational firms.
Downgrade a wake-up call
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/06/2014
» Washington's decision to downgrade Thailand in its annual human trafficking review is a wake-up call to improve the treatment of workers across the entire export supply chain, says a human rights campaigner.
Academics predict 'climate of fear'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/06/2014
» Ordering critics of the coup to report to the military will create a climate of fear, not reconciliation, summoned academics have said.
EU wants early elections
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/05/2014
» The European Union (EU) has warned Thailand that "only an early and credible roadmap for a return to constitutional rule and elections will allow for the EU's continuous support".