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Giving names to the nameless
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/10/2016
» Thongchai Winichakul just turned 59 this past Saturday, but the bloodiest moment of his life took place when he was a student 40 years ago. Now a successful scholar, the black hole remains even though he maintains that he has "dealt with that historical trauma" through a mechanism of rationale -- and never vengefulness.
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Political fights, human rights
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 26/09/2016
» It's not the cruellest scene from Oct 6, 1976, but cruelty was never in short supply that morning. What Somchai Homla-or experienced is just one of many unfortunate examples that remind descendants and survivors of how ugly mobilised nationalist mobs can turn modern Thai history into a bloodbath.
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Reality in South fails to match government spin
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/09/2016
» The appointment of the army chief's younger brother, Lt Gen Piyawat Nakwanich, as the 4th Army Region commander, does not bring a new sense of hope for peace in the restive deep South.
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NHRC chief taken to task at media event
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/08/2016
» The head of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) tried to reach out to a foreign audience and set the record straight on Thailand's rights record on Thursday evening, but the event backfired with many in the audience asking tough questions that went unanswered.
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Songkran behind glass walls
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/04/2016
» It was a touching scene when Sansern Srioonruen started to bow while raising his palms to wai his mother sitting on a small stool in front of him. It was an act he had always performed for his mother at home during the Songkran festival.
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Locals fear for safety after southern activist shooting
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/04/2016
» The Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) needs to step up efforts to solve land disputes to avoid further attacks on community-based human rights defenders, Surat Thani land rights activists say.
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Activist survives shooting
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/04/2016
» A Surat Thani land rights activist who was shot six times on Friday is now in a stable condition.
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Cycle of reprisals point to peace plan flaws
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/04/2016
» A rash of insurgent attacks in the deep South in the past months attest to the fact there are flaws in the military strategy and measures to achieve peace in this restive region.
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Bangkok bombing suspects deny charges
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/02/2016
» Two Uighur defendants pleaded not guilty to charges brought against them for involvement in the Aug 17 Erawan shrine blast at Ratchaprasong intersection in the Military Court yesterday.
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Karadag denies shrine blast charge
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/02/2016
» Adem Karadag, one of the two Chinese ethnic Uighur men arrested for the Erawan shrine bombing in Bangkok last year, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder or involvement in the fatal attack, according to his lawyer.
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