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Syria needs another miracle for peace to stay
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/12/2024
» They're still celebrating the miraculous fall of the Assad regime in Damascus, and the killing has stopped in Syria except for parts of the north, east and south. So what are the odds that the man whose fighters brought down the regime, Ahmed al-Sharaa, can bring peace, prosperity and even democracy to Syria?
Elections still too bloody
News, Editorial, Published on 16/12/2024
» The brutal assassination of Chaimet Sitsanitphong, a provincial council member, at the home of Soonthorn Vilawan, president of the Prachin Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO), has sent shockwaves across Thailand.
No justice for Tak Bai
News, Editorial, Published on 30/10/2024
» The return of a former defendant in the Tak Bai lawsuit who disappeared to let the statute of limitations expire shows the strength of Thailand's culture of impunity.
No Tak Bai miracles to deliver justice
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 28/10/2024
» There was no miracle as the clock ticked past midnight of Oct 25 marking the end of the 20-year statute of limitations in the Tak Bai case.
Last-ditch bid to make Tak Bai massacre case arrests
News, Wassayos Ngamkham and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 23/10/2024
» National police chief Pol Gen Kitrat Phanphet has demanded a last-ditch bid to locate the whereabouts of all the suspects in the 2004 Tak Bai massacre case before the statute of limitations expires on Friday.
Thai PM urged to track down Tak Bai massacre defendants
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 22/10/2024
» Forty-three non-governmental organisations have signed an open letter urging Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, along with the Interior Minister and national police chief, to make sure the seven defendants in the 2004 Tak Bai massacre case are brought to trial before the case's statute of limitations expires this Friday.
Pheu Thai to vote on Gen Pisal's future
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/10/2024
» The Pheu Thai Party board will vote on Tuesday on whether to expel Gen Pisal Wattanawongkiri, a party-list MP who was in charge of the Fourth Army Region during the 2004 Tak Bai massacre.
Pichet admits approving sick leave for Pheu Thai's Gen Pisal
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/10/2024
» Deputy House Speaker Pichet Chuamuangphan has admitted to approving a sick leave request that could enable Pheu Thai Party list MP Pisal Wattanawongkiri to avoid a Tak Bai massacre case against him.
Tawee says no Gen Pisal warrant seen
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/09/2024
» Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong yesterday insisted he has not seen an arrest warrant for Gen Pisal Wattanawongkiri, a Pheu Thai MP, who faces arrest over his role in the 2004 Tak Bai massacre.
Krabi cops uncover memorial sculpture
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 22/03/2021
» Krabi police have found a 100 million baht sculpture commemorating the 2004 tsunami they had forgotten they were keeping, seven years after it was quietly transferred from Bangkok.