By Lisa Gardner |
<p>At the first anniverary of the treaty banning cluster bombs becoming binding under international law on 1st Aug, campaigners condemned Thailand’s recent use of cluster bombs against Cambodia, despite both countries recently announcing their plans to ratify the treaty.</p>
By Lisa Gardner |
<p>Today marks the third anniversary of the incarceration of Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul, alias ‘Da Torpedo’, on charges of lèse majesté. In 2008, Ms. Daranee was charged with making several remarks deemed to be lèse majesté in speeches on the stage of UDD rallies. She was convicted on three counts of insulting the King and Queen and given a six-year sentence on each count – in total, an 18 year sentence. The court did not allow for a suspension of her jail term.</p>
By Lisa Gardner |
<p>It is 63 days since Joe Gordon was first incarcerated, and despite this, he seems considerably well. "Yes, it took a long time, but I've started receiving some medicine now, and it's working," he says. </p>
By Lisa Gardner |
<p>Joe Gordon wears glasses in the style of John Lennon. They accentuate a sense of his wide-eyed disbelief, at the turn of events that should find him here. "I sleep between men," he says "on the concrete. When I wake up I can barely move."</p>
By Lisa Gardner |
<p>Should travelers find themselves on the wrong side of Thai law in a single "lapse in judgment", it could be all it takes "to lose all your civil liberties".</p>
By Lisa Gardner |
<p>Family of arrested Thai-American citizen Joe Gordon, 54, believe he is innocent of all charges.</p>
<p>On Friday Prachatai reported that Mr. Gordon had been charged on Tuesday "with lèse majesté, inciting unrest and disobedience of the law in public, and disseminating computer data which threatens national security." The DSI allege that he owns a blog which offers a link to download 'The King Never Smiles', a book banned in Thailand.</p>
By Lisa Gardner |
<p>In April 1992, a small band of Cambodian refugees marched alongside orange-swathed monks, as they slowly made their way across the Thai-Cambodian border. So began the first of what would become known as an annual <em>Dhammayatria</em>, or 'procession for peace'.</p>
By Lisa Gardner |
<p>In 2010, Thailand experienced a fifth consecutive yearly decline in press freedom, moving from 'Partly Free' to 'Not Free' in terms of press freedom, according to Freedom House.</p>