Showing 1 - 10 of 13
Is 'Gun' a loose cannon?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/10/2025
» At this moment in time, few people probably don't know who influencer Guntouch "Gun" Pongpaiboonwet is. Over the past few months, he has been on the frontline conducting an eerie campaign on the Thai-Cambodian border in the hope of removing Cambodian encroachers from Nong Chan and Nong Ya Kaeo in Sa Kaeo province.
TV plays shameful jingoism card
Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/10/2025
» A television programme which allowed critics to castigate human rights advocates including Senator Angkhana Neelapaichit for their views on the Thai-Cambodian conflict has shed new light on the dire need to regulate some unprofessional media.
PR trip to Xinjiang?
Oped, Post Reporters, Published on 21/03/2025
» The pre-arranged three-day trip to Xinjiang to meet repatriated members of the Uyghur community shows that the Thai government is struggling to fix the country's human rights reputation after it sent 40 of them back on Feb 27.
Riding the issue
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/03/2025
» Re: "Ethics in Thailand's elephant tourism?", (BP, Feb 23).
MP rape case to test House
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/02/2025
» The case of lawmaker Chaiyamphawan Manpianjit who was charged by Chiang Mai police with raping a Taiwanese tourist, is the latest challenge for parliament in dealing with lawmakers accused of a serious violation of the law.
Facts, not fear
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/02/2025
» Re: "Thai senator's 'live executions' proposal panned", (BP, Jan 29).
No excuse for racist slurs
Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/01/2025
» Campaigning for victory in local elections next month may be fierce, but Thaksin Shinawatra has been accused of not just a breach of etiquette but also outright racism at a recent rally.
All older cons need support
Oped, Editorial, Published on 26/08/2023
» Video clips of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra doing exercise recently went viral. Images showed Thaksin vigorously punching and kicking a training bag, and he was also filmed lifting dumbbells and in a swimming pool. The scenes were presumably recorded some time ago during his self-exile overseas.
Act to end torture, disappearance
Oped, Piyanut Kotsan, Published on 10/02/2022
» In 2004, Somchai Neelapaijit, a lawyer and human rights activist, disappeared. He was last seen being dragged out of his car by four men. His whereabouts are unknown to this day. Last year, Jiraphong Thanapat, a drug suspect, died after being tortured at Muang Nakhon Sawan police station. Video evidence showed police suffocating the man with plastic bags until he collapsed and stopped breathing.
Justice in sight?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/09/2021
» Moves for a law on torture and forced disappearances gained much-needed momentum on Wednesday as members of parliament raised their hands, enabling all four related drafts to sail through a first reading.