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Thailand concedes rights abuses raised by UN rapporteur
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/05/2013
» Thailand has conceded to issues raised by a UN special rapporteur as alleged malpractice regarding freedom of expression and migrant labour, and to the fatal harassment of human rights defenders.
Qatar seeks closer ties with Thailand
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/12/2015
» Qatar, a tiny Gulf state with the world's highest income per capita, is keen to expand economic and social ties with Thailand and other countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS).
Ruling won't affect Asean Summit
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/05/2014
» The attendance by Thai delegates to the Asean Summit, scheduled to take place on May 10 and 11 in Nay Pyi Taw, will not be affected by the constitutional Court's ruling against the prime minister, and a draft statement to be issued at the meeting has already been endorsed, according to the Asean Department.
Critics dismiss army's local defence scheme
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/11/2014
» Yala — The 4th Army commander has pronounced the so-called "Thung Yang Daeng model" — new security provisions utilising armed civic defence volunteers and siren systems to alert defenders to attacks — a success and said it will be used in other areas of the restive South.
Empower the poor, transform Thailand
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/01/2015
» Marc Saxer has never been shy to voice his opinion. Tonight the resident director of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) — and sometimes-contributor to the Bangkok Post — will launch his book, In The Vertigo Of Change, at the residence of the German ambassador.
Li Yuzhou's family leave Thailand
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/10/2012
» BANGKOK - The wife and two children of former Chinese government informant and later dissident Li Yuzhou have finally been repatriated to a third country, but he remains locked up at the Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok.
Joshua Wong due to mark Oct 6 events
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 19/09/2016
» Lessons learned from the youth-led Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong will be conveyed by Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong for the 40th commemorations of Thailand's Oct 6, 1976, massacre.
Bern 'regrets' refusal to transfer inmate
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/09/2016
» Thailand has refused a request by Switzerland to repatriate a Swiss national, convicted of selling information to anti-government groups in Malaysia, so he can serve the rest of his sentence in his home country, a senior diplomat said yesterday.
Family of woman 'abducted by N Korea' renews search plea
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/09/2015
» The family of Anocha Panchoi, a Chiang Mai woman believed abducted by North Korea nearly four decades ago, is renewing their plea to the United Nations and the governments of Thailand, Japan and South Korea, to bring her or her remains back home.
ALRC: End impunity for state violence
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 29/08/2012
» The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) submitted a four-page written document to the Human Rights Council on Wednesday, calling for Thailand to abolish the tradition of impunity from punishment for violence by state officials.