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Embattled Thai PM won’t quit, says party
News Agencies and Post Reporters, Published on 21/06/2025
» Embattled Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will not resign or dissolve parliament, a senior official of her Pheu Thai Party said on Saturday.
Groups push for protection of dissident
Post Reporters, Published on 18/10/2024
» More than 30 civil society groups have banded together to demand the government refrain from extraditing Vietnamese refugee Y Quynh Bdap who is now imprisoned in Thailand.
Govt ‘can’t intervene’ in case of Vietnamese dissident
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 31/07/2024
» The Thai government will not interfere in the legal proceedings involving a Vietnamese activist who is facing extradition, but whose release has been requested by some US lawmakers, according to government spokesman Chai Wacharonke.
Rights group decries ‘swap mart’ for dissidents
Published on 18/05/2024
» Thai authorities are assisting neighbouring governments to take unlawful actions against refugees and dissidents from abroad, making the country increasingly unsafe for those fleeing persecution, Human Rights Watch says in a report released this week.
Dissident Russian rock band deported to Israel
Reuters, Published on 01/02/2024
» Members of a Russian rock band opposed to the Ukraine war have left Thailand for Israel a week after the authorities threatened to deport them back to Moscow for working at the resort island of Phuket without a permit, the band and the Royal Thai Police said on Thursday.
Dissident Russian band remain in Bangkok prison, fearing extradition
Online Reporters, Published on 31/01/2024
» A Russian-Belarusian rock band has found itself in a precarious situation as its members languish in a Bangkok prison following their arrest while performing in Phuket, AFP reported, as an international clamour continued against their potential deportation to Russia.
Dissident Russian rock band faces deportation from Thailand
Reuters, Published on 29/01/2024
» Members of a dissident Russian rock band critical of the war in Ukraine are facing possible deportation home from Thailand after they were arrested in the resort island of Phuket for working without a permit, several officials told Reuters on Monday.
Refugee screening ‘ripe for abuse’
Published on 08/09/2023
» In a church on the edge of Bangkok, dozens of Vietnamese refugees sing at a joyful service, sharing a moment of respite from their lives in fear of arrest or deportation.
Japanese man jailed for attacking Thai dissident
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» A Japanese man was jailed for 20 months on Wednesday for attacking a Thai academic in Japan where he lives in self-exile following his vocal criticism of the military and monarchy.
The opposition MPs who support govt’s budget bill
Post Reporters, Published on 03/06/2022
» Seven opposition MPs from the Pheu Thai Party and four from the Move Forward Party voted for the government's 2023 budget bill in its first reading on Thursday night.