Fabio Polenghi’s last photos on exhibition
2013-05-18 14:06
 

Some of the last photographs taken by photo-journalist Fabio Polenghi, who was shot and killed on 19 May 2010 in Bangkok during the government crackdown on red-shirt protests, have been put on exhibition by his sister.  The court will deliver its verdict on the inquest into his death on 29 May. 

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Live it or Leave it
Harrison George
2013-05-18 12:06
 

Right, I’ve had enough. I’m sick up to here with this mindless ‘if you don’t like it here, then go and live somewhere else’ garbage.

So what about you? If you don’t like reading this stuff, why don’t you go and live somewhere else where they don’t write like this? Never thought of that, did you, eh?

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Inquest into two deaths at Bon Kai during May 2010 unrest
2013-05-17 17:07
 

On 29 April, the Criminal Court began an inquest into the deaths of Mana Saenprasoetsi and Phonsawan Nakhachai who were shot at Bon Kai on Rama IV Rd on 15 May 2010 when the Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situation was cracking down on red-shirt protests.

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"Democratic Control of the Military: Thailand in Comparative Perspective"
2013-05-17 08:32
 

A public forum on 'Democratic Control of the Military: Thailand in Comparative Perspective' organized by the Institute of Security and International Studies (ISIS) on 9 May 2013 at Chulalongkorn University.

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Sexism is buried deep in our daily language
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation
2013-05-15 15:34
 

The past two weeks have been rather sobering for those who think Thailand has already risen above misogyny. It has not. People of both sides of the political divide have given us clear evidence, which, if looked at "positively", reminds us of the challenges that lie ahead.

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Outside the University Walls: Yukti Mukdawijitra on Wearing Red
Tyrell Haberkorn
2013-05-15 09:12
 

In “Red Shirt Academic,” Yukti Mukdawijitra, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology at Thammasat University, tells his own story of growing involved in struggling for accountability, freedom and human rights in the years since the 19 September 2006 coup.  Simultaneously, he tracks the discomfort this has caused among his colleagues and others in Thai society who would prefer that he and others were less active. They call him a “red shirt academic,” a title he comes to embrace. 

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Sexism is buried deep in our daily language
2013-05-15 15:34

The past two weeks have been rather sobering for those who think Thailand has already risen above misogyny. It has not. People of both sides of the political divide have given us clear evidence, which, if looked at "positively", reminds us of the challenges that lie ahead.
Thailand:– Ongoing detention of human rights defender Mr Somyot Prueksakasemsuk
2013-05-15 08:46

On 8 May 2013, the lawyer of human rights defender and magazine editor Mr Somyot Prueksakasemsuk submitted an application to the Supreme Court in Bangkok to refute the ruling by the Appeal Court rejecting his previous application. On 3 April 2013, the Appeal Court had rejected the lawyer's...
39 leaders, groups named as Predators of Freedom of Information in 2013
2013-05-03 10:56

On World Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders is releasing an updated list of 39 Predators of Freedom of Information ­– presidents, politicians, religious leaders, militias and criminal organizations that censor, imprison, kidnap, torture and kill journalists and other news providers....
Cold-blooded shooting of Thai Buddhist in Pattani Condemned: Ceasefire Roadmap urged for Peaceful Solutions
2013-05-03 09:12

Around 20.05, on Wednesday, 1 May 20130, at least four perpetrators with two motorcycles used war weapons and fired into the crowd in front of a grocery shop located at 17/12, Poon Sawat Road, Moo 5, Ban Kok Muang, Rusamilae sub-district, Muang District, Pattani. Six deaths included one two...

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