16 May 2008 - Prachatai
News - 16 May 2008
Over 130 trade unionists, social activists, students and academics have put their names to an open letter condemning the behaviour of The Manager media group.
News - 16 May 2008
Somsak Khunmi, a long-time news assistant and contributor to Chan Troi Moi (Radio New Horizon) was sentenced today to nine months in prison and three years probation following a six-hour trial today on terrorism charges at the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City
News - 16 May 2008
Vienna, Austria has been chosen to host the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010), the largest international meeting on HIV, where every two years 25,000 participants representing all stakeholders in the global response to HIV meet to assess progress and identify future priorities.
News - 16 May 2008
Participants at a defamation seminar hosted by ARTICLE 19 and AJI in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, called on countries in the region to abolish criminal defamation laws and to reform their civil defamation laws to bring them into line with international standards.
Alien Thoughts - 16 May 2008
The British government is a great believer in targets. This is, they think, the way to get improvements in services. You set targets for people and you put the fear in them. If they don't meet your targets, then they're in trouble. Incentives, that's the game.
News - 15 May 2008
Prachatai called the ICT Ministry through the phone numbers provided on the page telling readers that the web site they were trying to access had been blocked on request of the Communication Authority of Thailand.
Article - 15 May 2008
The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to present the speech given by Mr. John J. Clancey, Chairperson of the Asian Human Rights Commission at the Awards Ceremony for the Asian Human Rights Defender Award 2008.
News - 15 May 2008
At about 00.00 of 15 May 2008, internet users of TOT in the North, Northeast and South reported that their attempts to access "Prachatai" were blocked, and the following message is shown on the screen;
Pick to Post - 11 May 2008
EXACTLY four years ago this month, a cyclone, the strongest in 30 years, hit Myanmar. A journalist, writing one month later in The Irrawaddy (a news magazine published by Burmese exiles), wondered how the country’s state-controlled news media could fail to make any mention of a typhoon that the United Nations said killed at least 140 people, sunk vessels and made an estimated 18,000 people homeless.
Alien Thoughts - 09 May 2008
The re-enlistment of Duang Yoobamrung to the Royal Thai Army is only the latest in an interesting line of government appointments.
News - 08 May 2008
Olympics: Waving the Tibetan Flag May Bring Untold Consequences for
Athletes, warns IOC
Article - 08 May 2008
The cyclone hit and junta’s handling in the aftermath has even intensified and justified the opposition struggle against the ruling Thatmadaw and its desperately-determined referendum Saturday. Maung Maung, secretary general of the National Council of Union of Burma--- an anti-junta umbrella organization including ethnic groups, has called for a real sanction concertedly coordinated by the international community.
News - 07 May 2008
In an open letter sent to media professionals and media organizations, Chaiwat Satha-anand, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University and Ubonrat Siriyuvasak, Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University, demand an end to provocative and propagandistic behaviour and call on the media to adhere to their ethics, and the principles of independence, fairness and accountability to the people. The media should stop behaving as mouthpieces for certain interest groups.
News - 07 May 2008
Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association call
on the Burmese government to grant visas to foreign journalists who want to
go and cover the aftermath of the cyclone that has devastated the south of
the country and Rangoon. They also call for the lifting of prior censorship
for the Burmese news media.
News - 07 May 2008
The Thai Journalists Association, the Thai Broadcast Journalists
Association and the Confederation of Thai Journalists join the UNESCO
celebration of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, to reaffirm the basic
principles of freedom of the press and freedom of expression. The occasion
aims to create greater public awareness of the importance of media freedom,
which also means freedom of people to be informed.
Article - 07 May 2008
On Tuesday morning, Oct 5, 1976, an ultra-rightist group called the ‘Housewives Club’ held a demonstration at the Royal Plaza to protest the government in light of the crisis caused by Field Marshal Thanom’s return. The protest went on until almost the afternoon when someone raised the issue of a photograph of a re-enactment that had been staged by Thammasat students at noon of the previous day, Oct 4. This portrayed the hanging of two electricians in Nakhon Pathom who had been protesting against Thanom. A photograph of the scene was published on the front page of the Bangkok Post the following day. The protesters claimed that the face of one of the students who took the role of a hanged electrician resembled that of the Crown Prince, and accused the students of lèse majesté.
News - 07 May 2008
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the news that Thailand has given some assistance for the people of Myanmar (Burma) in the aftermath of the cyclone that has devastated the lower part of the country, but strongly feels that far more could be done.
Article - 05 May 2008
The royal anthem was first played in entertainment venues in Siam before the 1932 revolution. According to State Ceremony of Siam, which describes ceremonial affairs during the reign of Rama VII, prior to the democratization of Siam, an elderly lady failed to rise at the royal anthem and was arrested by police. Prince Phra Nakhonsawan Vorapinit who was present at the arrest ordered the immediate release of the woman. He reasoned that standing is a Western custom, and it had just recently been adopted here; the lady did no wrong in not rising.
News - 05 May 2008
On May 2, a public forum was held at Thammasat University to address the controversial issue of the refusal of Chotisak Onsoong and his girlfriend to stand for the royal anthem. The panelists included social critic Sulak Sivarak, historian Suthachai Yimprasert, and reporter Pravit Rojanapreuk, with Thammasat lecturer Kasem Penpinan as the moderator.
Alien Thoughts - 02 May 2008
The Shadow Boxing column by Korn Chatikavanij in the Bangkok Post of 8 April contains the statement that ‘the best way of ensuring there will be no shortage [of rice] is to trust in the market mechanism’.
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Frontliner - 10 April 2008
Amending the constitution has become a political game. Those on one side argue that their party has been elected, and what benefits such an elected party benefits the people; therefore, amending the charter to avoid dissolution of political parties benefits the people. Those on the other side dismiss this as benefiting politicians only, especially bad politicians who committed offences as severe and repulsive as electoral fraud.
Pick to Post - 11 May 2008
EXACTLY four years ago this month, a cyclone, the strongest in 30 years, hit Myanmar. A journalist, writing one month later in The Irrawaddy (a news magazine published by Burmese exiles), wondered how the country’s state-controlled news media could fail to make any mention of a typhoon that the United Nations said killed at least 140 people, sunk vessels and made an estimated 18,000 people homeless.
Article - 15 May 2008
The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to present the speech given by Mr. John J. Clancey, Chairperson of the Asian Human Rights Commission at the Awards Ceremony for the Asian Human Rights Defender Award 2008.
Alien Thoughts - 16 May 2008
The British government is a great believer in targets. This is, they think, the way to get improvements in services. You set targets for people and you put the fear in them. If they don't meet your targets, then they're in trouble. Incentives, that's the game.
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