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Military regime can't turn back the clock of progress
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/08/2014
» My memory of one of this country's democratic milestones — the student uprising of Oct 14, 1973 — was my grandmother sobbing while watching His Majesty the King's announcement on TV about a new government replacing the military dictatorship that students had tried to topple.
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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.
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Political prisoners to get more help
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 26/05/2016
» Activists have set up a group to provide financial support to "political" prisoners as signs of repression have yet to subside two years since the coup.
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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).
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'Wolf Bride' activists plead guilty
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/12/2014
» Two young activists charged with lese majeste after appearing in the political play The Wolf Bride pleaded guilty to the charges yesterday.
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Smiling in plain view
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/10/2014
» It's very rare for him not to smile. He smiles when he speaks. In fact, he even smiled when he was hauled into a police truck on the night the military announced Thailand's 19th coup. He also smiled — as some photographs showed — when he was subsequently brought back twice to a military camp.
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Let the people write their own histories, govt told
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/10/2014
» History may be written by the victors but the current government should allow different people to retell their histories as it may help fix conflicts without violence, a seminar was told yesterday.
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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.
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Tolerance tough when injustice lingers
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/02/2017
» Our society seems short of love and compassion -- not only for political dissidents but also for the socially-cast underdog and economically impoverished.
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UN urges review of LM cases
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 19/01/2017
» The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR) has urged Thailand to review lese majeste cases including the current "Pai Dao Din" controversy.
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