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UN agency flags Thailand over human rights covenant
News, Published on 29/06/2015
» The Committee of the United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) reproved Thailand earlier this month for a lack of recognition of entrenched discrimination and for having little clear substantive policy on the cultural rights of ethnicities, including self-determination. The covenant is part of the International Bill of Human Rights and is therefore a key piece of human rights legislation.
Taking time to smell the roses
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 29/06/2015
» If travelling helps you grow as a person, then my growth must have been stunted over the past five years when I laid low and concentrated on my house reconstruction and other distractions.
Drug traffic is worsening
News, Published on 29/06/2015
» An anti-drug effort currently underway brings together and melds the traffic-fighting policies of four countries — Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and China which share the Mekong River. Drug agents call their experiment the Safe Mekong Coordination Centre. The headquarters are in Chiang Mai, where drug-busting efforts have been centred for 50 years. In that half-century anti-drug forces have killed hundreds, jailed thousands and spent millions. And last week they admitted the twin problems of drug trafficking and abuse are worsening.
Strict on residency
News, Published on 29/06/2015
» Re: “Pick suitable migrants”, (Postbag, June 27).