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House urged to support law to end torture
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/02/2023
» Human rights groups are calling on the House of Representatives to vote against an executive decree postponing the enforcement of key provisions of the law against torture and enforced disappearance, saying the delay is a violation of the constitution.
TTSA seeks support for startups
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 21/07/2020
» The new president of the Thailand Tech Startup Association (TTSA) has called on the government to come up with measures to help local startups retain talent on local platforms and ward off foreign operators dominating the market.
Arisman surrenders, goes to jail
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 08/12/2011
» Red-shirt core member Arisman Pongruangrong spent the night at the Bangkok Remand Prison after the Criminal Court denied his request to be released on bail.
Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 17/08/2012
» The power struggle in the Senate ended with the elected members putting their candidate in the speaker's seat, while in the House the government was grilled by the Democrats over a lack of transparency and corruption in the spending of funds for mega-projects such as the rice pledging scheme and flood rehabilitation programme, and in the far South the violence continued unabated.
Fears of poll violence
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/05/2011
» The shooting of a former MP has raised fears the upcoming election will be especially violent.
Local ceasefire
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/05/2011
» Cambodian and Thai troops in one border area agreed to stop fighting, a move officials hope will be repeated elsewhere.
Reds shirts on the move
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/10/2010
» Red shirts were on the move through Bangkok again yesterday, mourning the dead and demanding the release of those detained.
Pita to resume MP duty
News, Published on 25/01/2024
» Pita Limjaroenrat, advisory chairman to the Move Forward Party (MFP), will retain his MP status and the party's prime minister candidacy following the Constitutional Court's ruling that the iTV shares he holds did not make him ineligible to run for a House seat.
Lawmakers get poor marks at term's end
News, Published on 28/02/2023
» Today marks the last day of the four-year term of the House of Representatives, whose performance over the past few years has been slammed by critics as only somewhat acceptable, if not poor.
Poll system laws on House agenda
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 23/11/2021
» House Speaker Chuan Leekpai said on Monday he is ready to put on the parliament agenda proposed amendments to two organic laws to reflect constitutional changes in the election system.