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'Graft-busting' draft charter falls short
News, Pirongrong Ramasoota, Published on 04/08/2016
» Thailand's 1997 constitution was widely praised as the "People's Charter" for unprecedented public participation in the drafting process while the 2007 constitution was dubbed by some as the "de-Thaksinisation edict" as it was drafted after the 2006 coup that ousted then prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Censoring free speech, caging bright minds
News, Pirongrong Ramasoota, Published on 23/02/2016
» Free speech may be a luxury in a society under a military regime. But for university students yearning to make their political voices heard, free speech may indeed become a struggle as experienced by a group of university students during the traditional 71st Chulalongkorn University-Thammasat University football match at the National Stadium two weeks ago.
Charter draft puts media freedom at risk
News, Pirongrong Ramasoota, Published on 18/01/2016
» It has been a precarious time for rights and freedom in Thailand, particularly the right to communicate and freedom of the press, since the May 2014 coup. But in light of revelations made last week by the coup maker-appointed Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC), our communication rights may indeed be hanging by a thread.