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Nestled in a leafy area of Wat Thong Nopphakun in an unnoticeable neighborhood near Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River, the 1932 People’s Space Library is tough to find – and maybe that’s a good thing.
One day after it opened late last month, five plainclothes police officers raided the place to search (...)
Jakarta — For the first time on Thursday February 3, a Kamisan (Thursday) action has been held in Thailand. The action was held in front of the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok.
Kamisan activist and Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) member Ahmad Sajali said that the (...)
First it was the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it is the aftermath of Myanmar coup. For the hundreds of thousands of Myanmar migrants trying to find work and make a living in Thailand, the hurdles are sizeable.
For years, millions of Myanmar citizens have sought work abroad due to poverty in the (...)
Thirty police officers this morning raided a publishing house in the Bangkok metropolitan area known for works sharply critical of the status quo.
Fa Diew Kan (“Same Sky”) said the officers arrived at its location in Nonthaburi’s Rattanathibet area at about 10:30am with a search warrant to look (...)
Amnesty International Thailand today cast doubt on the validity of a million signatures that an administration hardliner claimed to have gathered to “expel” it from the kingdom.
The Thai chapter of the human rights group questioned the validity of the signatures announced yesterday by Seksakol (...)
A prominent disability rights activist was in court Monday afternoon to find out if he would be convicted of defamation for calling someone out for parking in a space reserved for the disabled.
Manit Intharapim, 54, was at Bangkok’s Criminal Court to hear the outcome of a case that began almost (...)
Alongside protracted political conflicts offline, Thailand has witnessed information warfare between pro- and anti-establishment forces. This struggle has been asymmetrical in terms of institutional resources and bureaucratic networks. Pro-establishment forces tap into and consolidate the (...)
On 10 August 2020, a student organisation called the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration (UFTD) held a gathering at Thammasat University’s Rangsit Centre campus, during which it announced a ten-point demand for reform of the Thai monarchy.[[The demands were as follows:
1. Abolish (...)
Since February 2020, there has been a proliferation of mass youth movements in Thailand. Both university and high school students have come out onto the streets to call for change, not only free and fair elections, but also structural changes in the education system, a more democratic (...)
At least 17 people including protest leaders have received alerts about devices possibly being compromised
Thai activists who have called for reform of the monarchy are among at least 17 people in Thailand who say they have been warned by Apple that they have been targeted by “state-sponsored” (...)
The protests in Thailand which started in early 2020 are of great significance. On the one hand, they mark students’ return to the political arena after “disappearing” for more than four decades. On the other hand, their return differs from the well-known “student movements” of the mid-1970s. While (...)
• Tabloid newspaper photographs the 69-year-old monarch at Munich’s Hilton Airport hotel swimming pool, accompanied by a younger woman said to be a security guard
• The king’s presence in his adopted Bavarian home has been controversial in both Germany and Thailand. His latest trip coincides (...)
Thai protesters demand changes, including the repeal of a draconian law that criminalises any criticism of the king.
Bangkok, Thailand – Protesters once again turned out onto the streets of Bangkok, calling for reforms to the Thai monarchy and the military government.
With thousands in (...)
Thailand may be opening up to tourists, but for many activists it is still a prison.
On a Thursday afternoon in June last year, Sitanun Satsaksit was chatting on the phone with her brother Wanchalearm as he was walking down a small street in front of his apartment in Cambodia’s capital Phnom (...)
A combination of political suppression and public fatigue appear to have resulted in a marked decline in online and offline political protests in Thailand this year.
In Thailand, the use of digital platforms has been instrumental in facilitating offline protests, as seen in the mass (...)
A long-time tradition honoring the royal roots of Thailand’s oldest university was scrapped by its own students for promoting “authoritarianism” and “inequality,” igniting bitter debate along predictable fault lines.
The Student Union of Chulalongkorn University announced it would no longer hold (...)
Consider this an open letter to fellow Thai journalists.
A year has passed since the students-led monarchy reform movement descended to the streets of Bangkok and beyond in large numbers. One year on, over 140 have been charged with lèse majesté crimes, or defaming the monarchy. It’s punishable (...)
For the past month, Bangkok’s Din Daeng intersection has been a battleground between police and protesters, angry at economic, health and rights crisis
Every few days, after finishing his online college classes, Chai* prepares to join protests in Bangkok. He takes a bandana to cover his face, (...)
Case is ‘major blow’ in country with weak workers’ rights and puts trade deals in question, says Human Rights Watch
One of Thailand’s most prominent union leaders is facing three years in prison for his role in organising a railway safety campaign, in a case described as the biggest attack on (...)
Thousands of students pledged to participate in a strike on virtual learning that started September 6, 2021.
School gates have been closed since April and learning moved online. While that hasn’t been a burden on families with resources, thousands of others have struggled to keep their children (...)
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