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'Panama disease' outbreak reported
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/06/2019
» The Department of Agriculture has dispatched officials to inspect a large banana plantation in Chiang Rai province after a report of an outbreak of Panama disease, which is known to rip through plantations causing significant damage.
Dept sticks by Chaiwat to head panel
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/05/2016
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has shrugged off opposition by activists to its appointment of controversial figure Chaiwat Limlikitaksorn as head of a special task force to suppress forest encroachment.
Female rights staff 'need protection'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/11/2018
» Activists are calling on the government to give better protection to female human rights defenders.
Projects 'must respect rights'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/09/2018
» Chiang Rai: Thai companies investing in neighbouring countries should pay more respect to the rights of local communities, according to a message from the 8th Regional Conference on Business and Human Rights in Southeast Asia.
Indigenous people want protection
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/08/2022
» Indigenous groups living in Thailand called on the government yesterday to respect its commitment to protect and promote their rights in line with a related declaration by the United Nations.
Groups slam draft law to curtail public protests, non-profit groups
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/05/2022
» A group of non-profit organisations on Monday staged a protest in front of the UN's Bangkok headquarters against government efforts to implement a public gathering control law.
NHRC fears clashes at project's hearing
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/07/2020
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concern that rights violations might mar today's public hearing into a controversial industrial estate planned for Songkhla's Chana district.
Tests at last that guarantee basic human rights
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/02/2021
» Jida, a 10-year-old Malaysian-Thai girl, has adjusted well after spending three years in Prachin Buri with her single mum.
Sanctuaries answer the call of the wild
Spectrum, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/02/2018
» The golden-tinged sunlight was dimming. A group of 50 hog deer sauntered around a wide field, pausing to eat shoots of grass. Forest officials had recently burned the field, making way for new grass which will provide a source of food for the population of over 200 hog deer living in Phu Khiao-Thung Ka Mang Wildlife Sanctuary in Chaiyaphum province.
Amnesty urges law on missing persons
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/04/2019
» Marking the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of the Karen forest activist Porlajee "Billy" Rakchongcharoen, who went missing in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi province, Amnesty International Thailand is seeking the new government's support to pass a draft law to criminalise enforced disappearances and torture by state officials.