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Cyber snooping bill creeps closer into law
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/12/2016
» The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) is expected to pass Cyber Security Bill in its third reading tomorrow -- the final step that will enable the military government to police Thailand's digital sphere.
'Streisand effect' reaches out for NCPO chief
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 03/05/2016
» It's never easy for the media to work when the country is under a military regime. Poor ratings for press freedom given recently by two agencies, the US-based Freedom House and Reporters without Borders (RSF) have attested to this fact.
Speaking for the silent
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/12/2015
» Circumstances make heroes and heroines. The more bluntly and bloodily repressive Thai society acts against the exploited and vulnerable, the more people will stand up to help protect the marginalised.
Scholars fret over harassment
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/11/2015
» Thai academics are concerned about ongoing harassment by the authorities of people who express their opinions.
Thailand faces serious challenges on Human Rights Day
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/12/2014
» Tomorrow is our Constitution Day; others in the international arena know it as Human Rights Day. Many of us in Thailand feel that we don't have either — at least for the time being and hopefully not for the long haul.
Losing our sanity in the political abyss
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/05/2014
» The political chaos made me rush to check my Oxford Learners’ Dictionary for the meaning of "sanity" (the state of having a normal healthy mind; and the state of being sensible and reasonable). It is something that is currently hard to find in our society as warring parties try to justify their own unbending aims. Those holding the middle ground will be automatically dubbed “un-Thai”, disloyal, or hired/paid by the other side.
Navy refuses Phuketwan journos’ plea to drop libel suit
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/04/2014
» The Royal Thai Navy has shunned a plea from two Phuketwan online journalists to drop a defamation suit brough against them.
Navy to extend lawsuit to Reuters
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/04/2014
» The two <i>Phuketwan</i> journalists facing a Royal Thai Navy defamation lawsuit over mistreatment of Rohingya suggested the suit be dropped to celebrate World Press Freedom Day on May 3, but the navy rejected that and said it was preparing a second lawsuit against the Reuters news agency.
2 journalists seek help from NHRC
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/04/2014
» Two Phuket-based journalists will seek help from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today as prosecutors weigh whether to charge them with defamation for their report implicating the Royal Thai Navy in smuggling Rohingya refugees.
Former Malaysian communist leader dies in Thailand
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/09/2013
» The former leader of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) Chin Peng died in a Bangkok hospital on Monday, as Malaysia celebrates the 50th anniversary of its independence.