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Surachai jailed on fifth lese majeste charge
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/05/2012
» The Criminal Court on Monday formally convicted and sentenced Red Siam core member Surachai "Sae Dan" Danwattananusorn on a further charge of lese majeste, adding two-and-a-half years to his current prison term.
Academics: Asean's 'sick patient'
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/06/2012
» Unless Thailand decisively ends the prolonged debate over whether the country should be led by guided or popular democracy, it will remain a sick patient in the emerging and competitive Asean Community, academics said at a seminar on Thursday.
The unfinished business of 1932
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/06/2012
» The term "revolution of 1932" is often used to refer to events 80 years ago today when a group of six young and ardent military officers and civil servants (called Khanarassadorn) joined 96 others to change the Thai administrative system from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy.
Unity push called meaningless
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/07/2012
» Reconciliation in Thailand remains elusive and could be meaningless, an academic forum was told yesterday.
LM evidence disputed
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 21/09/2012
» Judges will rule on Oct 31 in the lese majeste trial of computer expert Surapak Phuchaisang, after hearing defence witnesses on Friday rebut police evidence as not credible enough to convict the defendant.
Nitirat backs '32 democracy philosophy
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 30/09/2012
» Thailand needs a re-incarnation of the 1932 democracy philosophy in drafting a new charter to return sovereign power to the people and add punitive measures against those who attempt to tear down the constitution, according to a Thammasat University seminar.
Nitirat calls for return to democratic ideals of 1932
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 01/10/2012
» Academics told a Thammasat University seminar that Thailand should adopt the democratic philosophy of 1932 in drafting a new charter.
US sets an example
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/11/2012
» The US presidential election last week, which saw the first black American president being re-elected, did more than delight many Thais.
Autocrats told to embrace equality
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/06/2013
» The June 24, 1932 revolution successfully installed rights and liberty in Thailand but egalitarianism, another tenet of democracy that was announced by the Khana Rassadorn (People's Movement), has yet to be embraced by the autocratic middle-class, say academics and descendants of the founding fathers of Thai democracy.
Democracy fighters blast white masks
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/06/2013
» Egalitarian principles remain missing from Thailand's system of democracy 81 years after the Siamese Revolution, academics and descendants of those who took part in the uprising say.