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Absorbing Rohingya becomes a regional challenge
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/12/2016
» The Myanmar army crackdown in Rakhine state has overwhelmed the border area of Bangladesh and also eliminated the possibility of sending Rohingya migrants in Thailand back to Myanmar. As a result, Thailand must consider other solutions such as new shelter arrangements or reuniting families in Muslim-majority Malaysia, suggests the Migrant Working Group (MWG).
Judgement scuppers Yingluck, Surapong summit trip
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/05/2014
» Former caretaker prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra and former caretaker deputy prime minister and foreign minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul are unable to attend the 24th Asean Summit after being stripped of their positions by the Constitutional Court yesterday.
Verdict seen as sealing govt fate
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 06/11/2013
» Patriotic groups believe the Preah Vihear ruling will be a decisive factor in overthrowing the pro-Thaksin Shinawatra government now facing strong public opposition for backing the amnesty bill.
Activists liken Myanmar violence to Ku Klux Klan
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/05/2013
» Activists have likened Myanmar's worsening sectarian violence to the Ku Klux Klan racist movement in the US during the 1960s.
Myanmar, US 'to fight trafficking'
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 19/11/2012
» PHNOM PENH - Myanmar has declared its cooperation to combat human trafficking with the United States during US President Barrack Obama's historical visit to the country Monday.
PM urged to raise plight of jailed activists
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/10/2012
» The Friends of Veera-Ratree group and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) have urged Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to raise the plight of two Thai activists jailed in Cambodia during her visit to Phnom Penh next month.
HRW: Kachin refugees need help
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 26/06/2012
» With no obvious end to the conflict involving them in Myanmar, up to 10,000 Kachin who have sought refuge in China are at risk if they return home and need prompt humanitarian assistance from Beijing, according to Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division.
Activists call for swift action on Myanmar violence
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/06/2012
» The United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations must quickly intervene in the spiraling sectarian conflict in Myanmar's northwestern state of Rakhine and send an independent fact-finding team to ascertain and monitor the situation, activists in exile said during a seminar in Bangkok.