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US report details post-9/11 torture in Thailand
Alan Dawson, Published on 22/04/2013
» A report by a bipartisan US task force on interrogation and torture of al-Qaeda suspects after the Sept 11 attacks presents the most complete picture yet of Thailand's covert role in the process.
The big issue: The vote goes on
Alan Dawson, Published on 02/02/2014
» It's just your standard, nationwide polling day to elect a new House of Representatives. With a couple of teensy-weensy bits of unique colour thrown in to differentiate it from other elections, at home and abroad.
The big issue: Tick-tock
Alan Dawson, Published on 04/05/2014
» For six months, it has been a death match, but politics has suddenly taken on the air of a death watch. In a matter of days, the actions of caretaker prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra will be judged by two bodies generally seen as critics or worse, and the top man at either one can literally throw her out of office as easy as snapping his fingers. Easier.
Land of smiles redux
Alan Dawson, Published on 08/06/2014
» And the word went out, and there was happiness everywhere. Or there soon will be. Or else.
Freebies for rice farmers
Alan Dawson, Published on 05/10/2014
» It's not a bad job, all things considered, to be a member of the military government. The pay's fine, the perks are outstanding, you don't have to put up with any of that "democratic protest" nonsense like Beijing's flunky in Hong Kong suffers.
The big issue: The unsolved murders
Alan Dawson, Published on 12/10/2014
» They told Tun Tun Hteik that if his son left Rakhine state to work in Thailand, he would be exploited. And they were right.
The big issue: One damp thing after another
Alan Dawson, Published on 14/06/2015
» MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra is building his way to a wondrously forgettable year, seemingly determined that if he is fated to fail, he’s going to make it a spectacular show.
The big issue: Have gun, will travel
Alan Dawson, Published on 28/06/2015
» There have been two questions about the year's most eventful trip to Japan from the start. Did Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit Thoopkrachang know he was carrying? Did the Suvarnabhumi airport security staff fail to find a gun that was about to carried aboard a Thai International Airways flight to Japan?
The big issue: Foxes drafted for henhouse duty
Alan Dawson, Published on 04/10/2015
» The discovery of the previously secret plans to pipe the entire internet through one government-monitored tube was made by frequent tweeter @sikachu, whose online name is Prem Sichanugrist.
The big issue: We must 'do something'
Alan Dawson, Published on 10/01/2016
» A police constable summed up the situation perfectly after tough enforcement failed to stem the New Year’s holiday road slaughter. “People are absolutely not getting the message,” the constable told reporters from a TV news station. In Toronto.