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UN urges review of LM cases
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 19/01/2017
» The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR) has urged Thailand to review lese majeste cases including the current "Pai Dao Din" controversy.
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'Pai Dao Din' is without question a role model
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/01/2017
» In the eyes of the state, Jatupat Boonpattararaksa aka "Pai Dao Din" is a kind of enfant terrible -- a young lad who often asks difficult questions that the authorities find too embarrassing. His political activism constantly puts him in trouble.
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Justice must come for all victims of political violence
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/10/2016
» All victims of political violence, including marginalised members of society, killed in times of turmoil deserve as much recognition as the intellectuals slaughtered in the brutal bloodshed of Oct 6, 1976, say media and political activists.
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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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A strong voice from the South speaks up
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/02/2016
» Like many others in the South, Tuwaedaniya Tuwaemae-ngae had no inkling the then Yingluck administration would launch a peace dialogue with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) three years ago.
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Anti-coup protester acquitted on civil-rights defence
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/02/2016
» An anti-coup defendant arrested on charges of defying martial law and the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) order on political rallies has been acquitted.
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Families continue quest for justice as NACC clears Abhisit
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/01/2016
» After six years, the Akkahad and Srithep families which lost their children in the fatal crackdown on red-shirt demonstrators in 2010 are undaunted and determined to pursue the task of seeking justice for their loved ones.
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Victims' kin vent fury at NACC ruling
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/01/2016
» The mother of a nurse slain at Wat Pathum Wanaram during the horrific violence in May 2010 has vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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What Tingsamitr on the way forward for the NHRC
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 19/12/2015
» Former Supreme Court judge What Tingsamitr, 65, has taken the chairmanship of the troubled National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Here he explains his roles and responds to critics’ doubts of his knowledge and experiences on human rights protection.
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