Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by ICEM
The 20-million-member International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Union (ICEM) is lending its support to the Governmen Pharmaceutical Organisation Local Union (GPOLU), and it allies, in calling for defeat of draft legislation that would effectively, privatise (…)
, by DITAPICHAI Jaran
Personal Information
Mr. Jaran Ditapichai is former National Human Rights Commissioner, Thailand.
Before 14 Oct 1973, he was one of leading student activist and democratic promoter against military government. After the mass killing of students by right wing/military mob on October 6, (…)
, by SANTIMATANEDOL Ampa
Jaran Ditapichai resigned from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) yesterday after the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) voted to expel him from the commission over his role in the July 22 anti-government demonstration.
Mr Jaran said he accepted the NLA’s decision on Wednesday and (…)
, by SILP Sai
October 01, 2007—Thai authorities arrested illegal migrant workers in Mae Sot District before a brief protest demonstration against the Burmese junta by migrant workers on Sunday.
At the same time, the Bangkok police chief says he will not obstruct such demonstrations if they follow Thai law. (…)
, by TEN KATE Daniel
The horse-trading of cabinet portfolios that defined the short-lived governments of the 1980s and 1990s is back and bigger than ever now that Thailand’s military junta has freed up political activity and scheduled an election for December 23.
While it’s much too early to determine who will (…)
, by SABAI Danielle, SANUK Jean
Bangkok,
In September 2006, the prime minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, twice elected by universal suffrage, was overthrown by putschist generals claiming to save an endangered democracy. On Sunday August 19, 2007, 45 million Thai voters were called to decide on a new Constitution (…)
, by TEN KATE Daniel
Thailand’s vote Sunday to accept the junta’s constitution highlights the country’s deep regional divide instead of serving as a ringing endorsement of a new dawn for the country’s immature democracy.
The country’s 18th constitution, spawned in the wake of last September’s military coup that (…)
, by Chang Noi
Only thirty years ago, Bangkok’s middle class was small and insignificant. Big business was the preserve of a handful of families. Most of the top officials and professionals came from an old elite of noble lineages and long-settled Chinese families. Most of the population was still crowded into (…)
, by TEN KATE Daniel
The junta shows little interest in probing hundreds of unsolved murders from Thaksin’s 2003 drug war.
Back in February 2003, Thai police called in Somjit Khayandee for questioning after her name turned up on a blacklist of suspected methamphetamine dealers in Petchburi province. The nearly (…)
, by Chang Noi
How far will the junta go to determine the outcome of the upcoming general election?
At first sight, this might seem an outrageous question. The junta has promised to restore democracy cleansed of the authoritarian distortions introduced by Thaksin. Would the junta compromise its own baby at (…)
, by BAMFORD Alec, CHANYAPATE Chanida
In July 1997, massive capital flight from Thailand precipitated what is now known as the Asian financial crisis. Focus on the Global South was in the thick of the crisis, looking at the impacts first hand from our base in Thailand and analysing the political and economic fallout from every level (…)
, by FIDH
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
General Surayud Chulamont Interim Prime Minister * c/o Government House Pitsanulok Road, Dusit District Bangkok 10300 THAILAND
Paris, July 10, 2007
Dear Prime Minister,
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) expresses its (…)
, by Chang Noi
The Internal Security Act which the junta wants to pass is the key measure to reinstate the army high command at the peak of the government.
On first appearance, the law seems to set up a new organization, or at least revive an old one (the Internal Security Operations Command, ISOC, which was (…)
HIV-infected mothers shun health services for fear of being ostracised from communities.
Bang-orn is a veteran HIV/Aids counselling nurse from Chaiyaphum. She has had sleepless nights lately because she can’t get Nid out of her mind. Nid was sent to Bang-orn after she was tested HIV positive (…)
, by FRY Erika
SomeThai educators believe crossing over into a still mostly taboo area in the classroom can save a significant portion of the nation’s youth, and their parents, a lot of heartache, writes ERIKA FRY.
Half the students in Damri Hongrak and Sunantha Chanrod’s 8th grade class at Ratchaburi’s (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
In the wake of last year’s Thai military coup Chula University is seeking to victimize a leading democracy activist. Find below details of the case and a model letter which people can use and adapt in support of Associate Prof Giles Ji Ungpakorn in his case against the university. (…)
, by Chang Noi
Ten years ago next month, the bubble burst, the baht crashed, and Thailand led Asia into its worst economic crisis of modern times. The US policy elite diagnosed the problem as “Asian capitalism” which was too much based on family firms, too dependent on banks for loans, and too closely locked (…)
, by TEN KATE Daniel
Eleven months after Thailand’s military used its tanks to oust premier Thaksin Shinawatra and scrap the 1997 “People’s Charter” constitution, the military-backed government will face its first real test of its popularity when Thais will finally go to the polls for an up-or-down vote on a newly (…)
, by BERTHELSEN John
Economic signs in Bangkok are mixed, as the junta’s policies chip away at investor confidence.
The first tangible signs are starting to emerge that, as expected, policies put in place after Thailand’s military coup last year are having a negative effect on the country’s economy, with both (…)
, by Correspondent(s)
It was billed as “Judgment Day” in Bangkok, but Wednesday’s decision by a military-installed court to dissolve ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s party and ban its executives from political activity for five years was in the works well before the army seized power last September.
The (…)
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