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Justice still elusive for Karen forest dwellers
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 08/04/2017
» After three years of trying in vain to seek justice for her husband who mysteriously disappeared after being arrested by forest officials, Pinnapa "Mueno" Prueksapan has arrived at the painful conclusion long realised by the poor and powerless in this country.
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Ruling strikes fear into forest Karen hearts
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 15/09/2016
» Can forest officials burn down people's houses to evict them? According to the Administrative Court ruling last week, the answer is yes.
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Thung Yai shows way to end forest evictions
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 17/02/2016
» Plu Jibong has a burning question: Why must Karen forest dwellers in Kaeng Krachan National Park suffer violent eviction and forced resettlement when his Karen peers in Thung Yai-Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary can live in peace?
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Kaeng Krachan and the state's charade
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 16/03/2016
» In his column "From the Prime Minister's Heart" in the government's newsletter, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha reaffirms his administration's commitment to sustainable development and the sufficiency economy. The gap between words and actions is as wide as an ocean.
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Karen fight to keep farms in parks conflict
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 20/01/2016
» It is a long walk on rugged terrain. The nearest traditional rice field of the indigenous Karen is five kilometres away from the village, tucked away in a dense forest. Yet Mueno, while carrying her three-old son, shows no sign of fatigue even as I am gasping for breath.
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Life for poor forest dwellers as cheap as ever
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 10/02/2016
» How much is one’s way of life worth? For indigenous forest dweller No-ae Mimee, it is very cheap indeed.
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Billy's wife not giving up in fight for truth
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 12/08/2015
» Since her husband mysteriously disappeared after being arrested by the national park chief at Kaeng Krachan, Pinnapa "Mueno" Prueksapan has had two missions in life. One is to do her best as a mother to raise their five small children. The other is to see justice done.
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Take the axe to state's war on forest poor
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 10/06/2015
» Leave the poor alone. That was the order from the country's most powerful man when he ordered troops to evict encroachers to save the country's fast-dwindling forests and return happiness to the country.
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Brutality a sad fact of our daily life
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 21/05/2014
» While the country is still debating whether martial law is actually just a coup, people across the country are subjected to daily brutality, whether from deeply ingrained militarism in officialdom or our own psyche.
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‘Billy’, forest dwellers need justice now
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 23/04/2014
» When the news broke that ethnic Karen activist Por Cha Lee Rakcharoen, better known as "Billy", had disappeared without a trace, all eyes turned to the controversial park chief Chaiwat Limlikitaksorn, the arch enemy of Karen forest dwellers there.
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