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Tougher actions needed to end impunity in media killing
Gayathry Venkiteswaran, Southeast Asian Press Alliance
2011-11-23 00:29
 

Southeast Asia has unfortunately earned a reputation for not being a safe place for journalists. The threats? Take a number. They range from imprisonment for crimes in outdated libel and slander laws, detention without trial, violence against media personnel, and impunity in the killing of journalists.

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Media and free expression in Thailand face challenges in election aftermath
Southeast Asian Press Alliance
2011-07-02 10:42
 

As Thailand braces for the hotly-contested national elections, to be held on the 3rd of July, journalists, media groups and civil society in the kingdom are also girding for what could be another round of challenges to Thailand's freedom of expression.

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SEAPA's Open Letter to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of Thailand
Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)
2010-10-04 09:33
 

The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) has sent an open letter to PM Abhisit Vejjajiva, expressing its concerns over the ongoing suppression of freedom of expression in Thailand and calling on him to look into the issue as he has always promised to do.

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Burmese magazine's websites hacked
Southeast Asian Press Alliance
2010-09-28 08:57
 

Thailand-based magazine, "Irrawaddy", which is a leading critic of the Burmese junta, reported that its website has been under attack since midnight of Monday, 27 September 2010.

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Facebook fan page of Thai independent news site blocked by government; two other websites shut down
Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)
2010-04-30 09:58
 

The Facebook fan page of independent Thai online news site Prachatai.com was blocked today [28 April] by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT), along with two other websites in the aftermath of the clash between security forces and Red Shirt protesters on 27 April, according to Chiranuch Premchaiporn, Prachatai's executive director. The fan page has 5,798 fans.

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Thai webmaster charged for violating Computer-Related Crime Act
Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)
2010-04-01 20:48
 

After a year of investigations, Thai public prosecutors on 31 March 2010 filed a criminal lawsuit against Chiranuch Premchaiporn, director and webmaster of Thailand's independent online news website Prachatai.com, for allegedly failing to remove from the site's discussion board readers' comments deemed offensive to the monarchy.

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Thai Army bans journalists from covering Hmong deportation
Southeast Asian Press Alliance
2010-01-13 16:16
 

The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) expresses grave concern over the Thai military's attempts to suppress the news coverage of its deportation of 4,000 Hmong refugees from their camp in Thailand's northern province of Petchabun in December 2009.

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Thai government directions on "rumor-mongering" growing out of proportion
Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)
2009-11-07 15:34
 

The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) expresses its concern over a statement made by Information and Communication Technology Minister Ranongrak Suwanchawee of Thailand threatening to pursue legal action against websites and their respective Internet service providers (ISPs) where posts discussing the King’s health allegedly caused the drop in the Thai bourse last month.

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