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After Jakarta, Asean must tackle the roots of radicalisation
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 25/01/2016
» The terrorist attacks in Jakarta have underlined the need for Asean leaders and security authorities to address the conditions that have resulted in a growing number of young people turning to jihadist movements such as Islamic State.
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Saudi envoy hopes to restore ties
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 07/10/2015
» Twenty-five years after downgrading ties with Bangkok, Saudi Arabia is offering an olive branch to "normalise'' its relationship with Thailand.
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Saudi envoy returns to Bangkok
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 28/09/2015
» Saudi Arabia has reinstated its charge d'affaires to Thailand after a year-long protest over a court's acquittal of five policemen accused of involvement in the disappearance of a Saudi businessman in 1990.
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UNCHR 'appalled' at lengthy lese majeste jail terms
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 11/08/2015
» The United Nations’ human rights agency said Tuesday it is “appalled” by jail terms dispensed under the country’s lese majeste law and urged Thailand to amend the “vague and broad” statute to bring it in line with international standards.
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Lese majeste terms 'appal' UN
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/08/2015
» The government should amend the "vague and broad" lese majeste law to bring it into line with international human rights standards, says Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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Trial for Koh Tao killings starts Wednesday
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/07/2015
» Surat Thani — Two Myanmar migrants accused of murdering two Britons 10 months ago on the tourist island of Koh Tao will stand trial Wednesday.
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Uighur saga harms Thai rights record
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/07/2015
» The deportation of 109 Turkic ethnic Uighurs, including women and children, to China last week has proved another setback to the military government's foreign affairs policies as the world pours condemnation on Bangkok, rather than Beijing, for its cloak-and-dagger move.
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On the front, online
Life, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 10/06/2015
» From a boy nostalgic for China, to a self-educated media lone ranger, Sa-nguan Khumrungroj exemplifies the age of citizen journalism in the terrain of both political and foreign affairs.
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Act on UN advice, expert says
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/06/2015
» The Bangkok meeting agreed to most of the 10 joint UN proposals in dealing with boat people but it is now up to the affected countries to show they mean business by implementing them, an expert says.
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Authoritarianism has had its day
Asia focus, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/04/2015
» Thailand and Malaysia have adopted some very blunt tools to deal with "post-democracy" challenges. But they seem not to realise that while democracy is a particular institutional framework, democratisation is an ongoing process. Democracy by nature is always unfinished, open-ended and subject to maintenance.
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