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Government must be bold to tackle southern crisis
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 08/09/2012
» It is time for Yingluck Shinawatra's government to forsake its piecemeal measures towards the southern conflict and adopt a bolder, more comprehensive policy to allow political solutions to prevail over military measures.
Spectre of state violence just won't go away
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 09/10/2012
» The commemoration of the bloody 6 Oct 1976 crackdown against the student-led rally inside Thammasat University is usually a low-key event, observed by former student activists and relatives of the dead.
Neighbourly spirit needed to stop violence
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 12/09/2012
» The death toll in the South will never stop rising, unless two key players _ the Thai military and Malaysian authorities _ change their attitudes.
Rich get bail, while poor go to jail
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 18/09/2012
» Today, the latest in a series of lese majeste trials will begin at the Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek Road.
The unfinished business of 1932
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/06/2012
» The term "revolution of 1932" is often used to refer to events 80 years ago today when a group of six young and ardent military officers and civil servants (called Khanarassadorn) joined 96 others to change the Thai administrative system from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy.
UN expects more efforts on human rights
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/03/2012
» Thailand will try to strike a balance between national interest and security pressures when the country announces further commitments to human rights issues in a key United Nations meeting slated for Thursday in Geneva.
NLD must ensure it treads carefully
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 03/04/2012
» After winning landslide by-election victories, Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) Party have a mission to keep democracy in Myanmar moving forward rather than seeing a return to military rule.