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, by PRACHATAI
The Democratic Alliance against Dictatorship (DAAD), an anti-coup organization which later transformed itself into United for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) has been campaigning for wholescale changes to the 2007 Constitution. They have recently formed the People’s Committee for Reforming (…)
, by SILP Sai
A Burmese migrant worker who was paralyzed following an accident at a construction site hopes to win compensation from the Thai Social Security Office (SSO), with the help of a Bangkok-based human rights group.
The Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF) released a statement on Tuesday (…)
, by THI Awzar
According to the United Nations, the Royal Thai Police are organized criminals.
That, at least, is the inference to be drawn from looking at its Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, which was adopted in 2001 and which defines an organized crime group as involving at least three (…)
, by Chang Noi
Who is making money, serious money? And how? A few weeks ago, Forbes published its list of Thailand’s forty richest for 2007. Who are they, and how did they make their fortunes?
The best way to make money today is by manufacturing something to pour down people’s throats. Top came Chaleo (…)
, by Chang Noi
The interior minister has announced he will revive the “war on drugs” of 2003. The prime minister has endorsed this proposal. The 2003 campaign resulted in around 3,000 deaths (2,921 according to the Kanit panel). There are some uncertainties about this figure, but that is the number which the (…)
, by Wai Moe
The head of Burma’s military junta, Snr-Gen Than Shwe met the visiting prime minister of Thailand, Samak Sundaravej, during a “goodwill” visit on Friday in the new capital, Naypyidaw, reports say.
The Thai premier is also scheduled to meet with his counterpart, Gen Thein Sein, on Friday (…)
, by ROUSSET Pierre
This essay has been published, under the tittle “Thai Communist Party”, in The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest. Ness, Immanuel (ed). Blackwell Publishing, 2009, vol. VII, pp. 3256-3265.
The French original had to be much shortened because of editorial constrains. An even (…)
, by TEN KATE Daniel
Charges facing Thailand’s ex-premier are unconvincing, but politics will likely matter more than evidence.
After 17 months of exile following the September 2006 coup that deposed him and drove him from the country, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived to the cheering of thousands (…)
, by Chang Noi
The unmistakable sound heard over the last two weeks has been the simultaneous smack of many lips newly moistened by a saliva of expectancy after a long spell of drought.
There have been three general elections within three years. Elections Thai-style are expensive for candidates, for parties, (…)
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February 1, 2008
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), expresses its deepest concern (…)
, by UNGPAKORN Giles Ji
The author of a recently banned book criticizing the 2006 coup discusses the monarchy’s role in modern Thailand.
Presentation by Asia Sentinel:
On January 28, Thailand’s Special Branch officially banned the sale of “A Coup for the Rich,” by Associate Professor Giles Ji Ungpakorn of the (…)
, by Chang Noi
In early January, some four hundred scholars from around the world met in Bangkok for the tenth International Conference on Thai Studies. This academic jamboree takes place every three years. All the usual subjects were on the agenda – Buddhism, weaving, democracy, the history of Ayutthaya, (…)
, by TEN KATE Daniel
A series of attacks in Thailand’s deep south this week are raising raised fears of a new militant offensive in the predominately Malay-Muslim region and underscored just how difficult it will be for the new government to stop the carnage.
On Monday, a day after six suspected militants escaped (…)
, by UNGPAKORN Giles Ji
As you know, I have been summonsed to Pathumwan police station for questioning at 10.00 am on Tuesday 20th January 2009. I have been accused of Lese Majeste. The charge arises from my book “A Coup for the Rich”, published in 2007. Those found guilty of Lese Majeste face a heavy prison sentence. (…)
, by CONNORS Michael
The picture of coup and anti-coup forces contending in Thailand is simplistic at best.
Last week the international media was awash in stories of a ‘Thai stealth coup’. They portrayed the Council for National Security, the military grouping that deposed the caretaker government of Thaksin (…)
, by TEN KATE Daniel
The pro-Thaksin party that finished first in the December elections is not home free yet.
Sign list of names applicant board elects in Thai general election, 2007 As the People Power Party attempts to form a coalition government after its decisive victory last month in the first elections (…)
, by Bangkok Post
Who Wins What: Samak claims victory
Four parties refuse to join Samak-led coalition govt / Democrats hold South, win Bangkok; PPP sweeps North, Isan / Abhisit refuses to bow out, gives PPP first go at forming govt
POST REPORTERS
The People Power party (PPP) last night fell short of a (…)
, by TEN KATE Daniel
On Sunday, Thailand will hold its first parliamentary elections since the September 2006 coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ushering in a new period of managed democracy and potentially triggering more instability.
“You can already see evidence that the election will be (…)
, by AFP, Bangkok Post, RAJOO Arul, Xinhua
Thai protesters shut down parliament
BANGKOK (AFP) --- Hundreds of protesters forced Thailand’s army-installed parliament to suspend its meetings Wednesday after the activists stormed into the chamber’s halls.
About 1,500 union advocates, students and political activists surrounded the (…)
, by AP
Thailand’s coup leader has disclosed that he and his two wives have assets totaling 94 million baht (US $3 million), a counter-corruption agency reported.
Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin, the first Muslim to be the country’s army commander, led the coup that toppled former Prime Minister Thaksin (…)
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