Showing 271 - 275 of 275
Klity Karen left with leaden hearts
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/02/2012
» If you and your children had to suffer from lead poisoning and the court ordered the culprit to compensate you with only 230,000 baht for the crime, would you be happy about it?
A victory for the stateless
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/02/2012
» As Rasita Suiyang broke down in tears of joy, others were jumping elatedly in front of parliament on Monday. For Rasita and tens of thousands in Thailand, the jubilation came after 10 years of an uphill legal struggle against ethnic and legal discrimination. All their lives they have had to live with the bitterness of being treated as stateless people without any legal rights in their own motherland.
Justice for poor hinges on reform
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 26/01/2012
» After 12 years of an exhaustive series of court battles, Paijit Silarak, the grassroots activist and arch enemy of Rasi Salai Dam, can finally let out a sigh of relief.
The unlikely tale of the two dead elephants
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 19/01/2012
» Things keep getting fishier and fishier at the Kaeng Krachan National Park, following the slaughter of two wild elephants, one burned to cinders and the other left rotting in a field, minus their tusks and sexual organs.
Life is tough for children of migrants
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 12/01/2012
» Although Chaiyong Hongsa is already 11, he is perfectly happy to be in kindergarten with the toddlers. For him, it is not only where he can learn Thai. It is also where he can have the chance to experience childhood.