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Amnesty: Online freedom no better since election
Published on 25/04/2020
» Half a decade of military rule may have given way to an elected government, but authorities in Thailand continue to excessively restrict freedom of expression online, according to Amnesty International.
Muzzle on free speech persists
News, Editorial, Published on 26/04/2020
» The erosion of free expression continues in Thailand. In Reporters Without Borders (RSF)'s annual 2020 World Press Freedom Index, Thailand dropped four spots, ranking 140th out of 180 countries on the open media barometer, placing it one spot below Myanmar.
How Beijing is reigniting Hong Kong's protests
AFP, Published on 30/04/2020
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters want to reignite their movement after a coronavirus lockdown lull, angered by a flurry of moves by China to subdue them.
Bolivia's Morales returns to Argentina after Cuba medical care
AFP, Published on 17/02/2020
» LA PAZ - Former Bolivian president Evo Morales said Sunday that he is returning to Argentina from Cuba, where he had gone for medical treatment last week.
Context is decisive in Thai high politics
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 28/02/2020
» In Thailand's high politics where governments survive or succumb, context is everything. After two decades of a political merry-go-round, marked by a series of elections, street protests, military coups, and judicial interventions only to end up with a problematic post-election rule under military domination, no deep expertise is needed to understand what has been happening in this land.
Exiled Catalan leader plans mass rally in France
AFP, Published on 29/02/2020
» PERPIGNAN, France: Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain over a failed 2017 independence bid, is expecting to draw vast crowds of supporters to a rally on Saturday in southern France near the Catalan border.
Daring to dream of an end to coups
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/02/2020
» The Future Forward Party (FFP) has a big dream that no other party in Thailand dares or cares to dream. That is the dream that this country will one day be free from coups for good.
Lift the lid on army deals
News, Editorial, Published on 12/02/2020
» Amid reports that a shady army welfare housing scheme may have triggered a soldier's murderous rampage in Nakhon Ratchasima on Saturday, army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong promised to launch an internal audit to review and clean up fishy projects being run within barracks.
Bring an end to 'lawfare'
News, Editorial, Published on 31/01/2020
» Even though the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) was dissolved last year, the "lawfare" it waged is still taking a heavy toll on the lives and freedoms of the people.
Belgium suspends extradition case for Catalan MEPs
AFP, Published on 02/01/2020
» BRUSSELS - A Belgian judge on Thursday suspended consideration of a Spanish warrant seeking the return of two Catalan separatist leaders to face trial, their lawyer said.