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Advocates want equality for lesbians
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/01/2017
» Thai society has yet to understand, respect, and treat people who are different based on gender and ethnic identities in a way which would prevent hate speech and eventually hate crimes, according to gender diversity advocates.
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Equality for all
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/12/2016
» People with different sexual orientation and gender identity all over the world are speaking out louder as they battle against discrimination, criminalisation and negative attitudes in the workplace, social and political life.
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Vitit asks for 'open hearts and minds'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 01/12/2016
» UN gay rights envoy Vitit Muntarbhorn has made a passionate pledge and plea before hundreds of participants from around the world, to achieve a "Leave No One Behind" global agenda at the first global conference on LGBTI Wednesday in Bangkok.
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LGBTI conference gets under way in Bangkok
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/11/2016
» The first global conference on LGBTI to be held in Thailand kicks off in Bangkok on Monday with the aim of improving the understanding of policymakers and the public.
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Vitit's UN human rights role draws global praise
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/10/2016
» The appointment of renowned human rights expert and social commentator Vitit Muntarbhorn as the UN's first independent expert to investigate violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity has won widespread approval around the world.
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Death penalty opponents urged to go public
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/06/2016
» Despite relentless calls by local and international human rights advocacy groups that Thailand scrap capital punishment, there is a long way to go for the Thai state to give a positive response like others in the international community.
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Protect gay rights in law, govt urged
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 16/12/2015
» Thailand will have to embrace the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people if it truly believes in safeguarding human rights, as their needs are important too, activists told a seminar yesterday.
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Courts likely to lift gay-themed film ban
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/12/2015
» The Administrative Court has advised the National Film Board to revoke the ban on a gay-themed film, Insects in the Backyard, and pay 10,000 baht in compensation for banning it for five years.
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Koh Tao policeman challenged over killings
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/07/2015
» Surat Thani: Defence lawyers of two Myanmar suspects accused of murdering two British tourists on Koh Tao challenged a police officer involved in the case over the reliability of his investigation as the trial opened Wednesday.
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Niran blasts Corrections for 'undermining' torture probe
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 26/03/2015
» A Human Rights Commissioner has blasted the Corrections Department for undermining the watchdog's investigation into claims of torture by the Criminal Court bomb suspects.
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