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Suda Rangkupan: Thai Academics Warned for Having an Opinion

12, Jul 2010

The University World News (emphasis added): Thai academics are well-known voices on television and radio as analysts and commentators providing lively debate on politics. But broadcasting freely is no longer a simple and safe matter since the government crackdown against Red Shirt protesters in May. [...] “Many professors are reluctant to take sides, often they [...]

Thailand Chosen to Head UN Human Rights Council

2, Jul 2010

(photo credit: Prachatai on Flickr) No matter which government we have in power, human rights remain essentially an alien concept in Thailand. The Rohingya affairs, the drug war, the perpetual emergency decree – you name it. And yet things have taken a strange, or should I say depressing, turn when the country was elected as [...]

Thailand’s Continued Unrest: Implications on the Region

17, May 2010

Simon Tisdall in The Guardian tries to make the case why the international community should pay more attention to the violence in Thailand:

Petition to Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, Regarding the Violence in Thailand

15, May 2010

The following is the text of a petition to be sent to the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, of which Thailand’s ruling Democrat Party is a member. If any readers wish to add their names to the petition, please feel free to send an email to me (ibatum [at] gmail.com) or to the petition organiser (pokpong999 [at] hotmail.com), stating your name, organisation and degree title (if applicable).

Wassana Nanuam Becomes Latest Victim of Thai Media Intimidation

26, Apr 2010

Wassana Nanuam, a Bangkok Post reporter and columnist specialising in military affairs, has “temporarily” left her job as a co-host of the “Lab Luang Prang” radio show on the state-controlled MCOT’s FM 100.5 MHz. Siam Report has the details, based on a report in the Thai language daily Khao Sod.


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