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Art and coup: Four years and counting
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 23/05/2018
» Tuesday marked the fourth anniversary of the May 2014 coup d'etat. While it continues to underpin the political landscape, the coup also sparked an unprecedented rise in Thai artworks with political messages. A new political art exhibition took place almost every month since May 2014.
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Women unchained
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 15/03/2017
» 'It's called 'fair-ly tell'. Not fairy tale." Porntip Mankong asserts, pronouncing one syllable at a time. She says it with an air of someone used to battle against misspellings, and misinterpretations, of her work.
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24 Syrian refugees released on bail
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 09/09/2015
» A group of 24 Syrians, who are recognised by the United Nations as refugees and waiting to be resettled in a third country, were released on bail yesterday after being arrested by police last week in a nationwide crackdown following the deadly Erawan shrine blast on Aug 17.
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Standing up for human rights
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 22/05/2017
» On May 22, 2014, student activist Rangsiman Rome -- then an intern at the Secretariat of State -- was travelling to Thammasat University's Tha Prachan campus, to take part in an anti-coup demonstration organised by some of his professors.
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Former migrant herself, photographer captures the face of human trafficking
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 26/04/2017
» The women portrayed in Filipina photographer Xyza Bacani's black and white shots sing, weep, chat among themselves and carry out seemingly ordinary activities.
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'Changing attitudes' key to improving women's prisons
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 12/09/2016
» Changing people's mentality poses the biggest stumbling block to implementing guidelines for improving women's prisons known as the Bangkok Rules, says justice expert Nathee Chitsawang.
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Regime casts wide net to catch critics
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 20/05/2016
» Ahead of the second anniversary of the coup this Sunday, human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri -- who is defending 14 anti-coup activists in court -- is grappling with a legal headache after police forwarded criminal charges against her to the prosecutor's office.
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Rights groups demand end to indefinite detention of Rohingya
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 12/03/2016
» Human rights advocates have called for the governments of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia to end the indefinite detention of Rohingya refugees in immigration facilities and government-operated shelters and camps.
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Regime 'restricting torture monitoring in South'
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 11/02/2016
» The post-coup restriction on access by human rights bodies to victims of alleged torture in Thailand's southern provinces limits efforts to suppress unlawful treatment of detainees, says a rights advocate.
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Army arrests teen activist over Rajabhakti Park visit
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 11/12/2015
» A teen anti-coup activist was held by the military for several hours Thursday, in relation to his attempted visit along with other activists to Rajabhakti Park in Hua Hin on Monday.
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