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Stifling public discourse will only provoke dissent
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 21/11/2014
» The key phrase, in Thai, is eud ad. It means frustrated, ill at ease, feeling discomfort, cramped, suffocated or stifled.
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Jailed activists put justice system to test
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 01/05/2021
» A request for bail for pro-democracy protesters languishing in jail was rejected for the ninth time on Thursday.
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Dark clouds hover as political heat rises
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 06/03/2021
» Three members of the cabinet and several others were given jail sentences last week for their roles in toppling the Yingluck Shinawatra government.
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Flash-mob sparks that lit the firestorm
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 22/08/2020
» Last Sunday's demonstration at Democracy Monument has shown that the youth movement has become a force to be reckoned with.
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Unequal justice system favours conflict
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 22/02/2020
» On June 28 last year, four men stepped off two motorcycles near an intersection in the Bangkok suburb of Min Buri. They approached a young man in a white shirt with baseball bats in hand and began to beat him, leaving him with severe injuries, before speeding off on their vehicles.
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Bushfires augur irreparable catastrophe
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 11/01/2020
» Except for the US-Iran conflict, no other current news is arguably more riveting than the bushfires that have been ravaging Australia since September last year.
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Double standards with TRC ban bid
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 16/02/2019
» The twin hammers that pummelled Thai Raksa Chart Party (TRC) and Voice TV have left the Thaksin Shinawatra camp reeling. Could it be a fatal blow for the Pheu Thai-led coalition? That’s what many are waiting to see with bated breath.
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Fight like a bulldog, persevere like a bee
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 12/08/2017
» Two decades ago, Jintana Kaewkhao found herself thrust into the public limelight as she led local opposition against a coal-fired power plant project close to her home in Ban Krut of Prachuap Khiri Khan province.
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Thais should become less pragmatic
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 12/08/2016
» So the circus-like referendum came and went. And the vote came down decidedly on the side of the junta government.The constitution drafters and supporters are understandably ecstatic. Their work in drafting the country's supreme law will not go to waste, and, with the public mandate on its side, the junta can now carry on with its national reform agenda and returning the country to a democratic path.
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Security overkill stifles protesters' right to speak out
News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 17/10/2014
» It was deja vu all over again in the southern tourist haven of Krabi on Monday.
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