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2 days ago

Thailand is scheduled to hold its first ever Senate election under the current constitution next month to replace the outgoing 250 Senators appointed by the military junta. Nevertheless, this unprecedented election process is viewed as the most complicated yet.…

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3 days ago

Parliamentarians and ex-parliamentarians in Southeast Asia continue to be subjected to human rights violations, says new report by ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR). In Thailand, the report noted that the Move Forward Party was prevented from forming a government by…

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5 days ago

Members of the Bang Kloi community and civil society organizations gathered on 17 April to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of indigenous rights activist Porlajee Rakchongcharoen, while the community continues to face land right issues. (Photos by Ginger…

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6 days ago

A 26-year-old rapper of Rap Against Dictatorship (R.A.D.) has been cautioned by the police against participating in any further political activities, despite having been inactive for years. prachataienglish.com/node/10907

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6 days ago

Cartoon by Stephff: Myanmar junta under threat

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Can the return of exiled politicians ignite hope for Thai democracy and reshape its political landscape? Thanapat Pekanan argues that Jakrapob Penkair, who recently returned to Thailand after 15 years in exile, could pave the way for the return of political refugees if he could…

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2 weeks ago

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organizations Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) and Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) call on Thailand’s Constitutional Court to dismiss the petition to dissolve the Move Forward Party (MFP) to ensure compliance…

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2 weeks ago

The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed its first ever resolution affirming the rights of intersex people to address rights violations experienced by people born with variations in their sex characteristics. According to the UNHRC Children born with intersex traits…

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2 weeks ago

Students at Chiang Mai University and local activists gathered on 10 April to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the 10 April 2010 crackdown on Red Shirt protesters in Bangkok, which killed 26 people and injured over 800. prachataienglish.com/node/10903

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2 weeks ago

On Wednesday (10 April), Red Shirt supporters gathered at the 14 October 1973 Memorial on Ratchadamnoen Road in memory of those who died during the 2010 crackdown on Red Shirt protests.  Fourteen years on, the victims have yet to receive justice. The event began with religious…

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2 weeks ago

The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) is filing a petition with the Constitutional Court seeking the disqualification of former Move Forward Party (MFP) MP Nakornchai Khunnarong on the grounds that he ran in the 2023 general election knowing that he was ineligible.…

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2 weeks ago

Under the 2007 Empowerment of Persons Disability Act, each holder of a Disability Card is entitled to receive 40,000 baht from the government for home renovation. But in Thailand's rural areas, like Surin's Rattanaburi and Kap Choeng districts, people are having issues accessing…

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2 weeks ago

A representative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has been detained for six hours and deported on arrival from Hong Kong to monitor the trial of publisher Jimmy Lai, who is currently facing possible life imprisonment for "endangering national security," and meet with local…

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2 weeks ago

Following the Thai government's decision not to deport 19 children from Myanmar who were taken from Wat Sawang Arom School in Lopburi and brought without their parents to the Thai-Myanmar border in Chiang Rai, Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Thai government to allow all…

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3 weeks ago

Dissolving the Move Forward Party (MFP) would violate its members' right to freedom of expression, association, peaceful assembly, and democratic participation, and undermine Thailand's effort to restore democratic rule after years of military dictatorship, said Human Rights…

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3 weeks ago

Cartoon by Stephff: Next Move Forward logo?

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3 weeks ago

Last May, the Malaysian police seized 172 rainbow watches from 11 Swatch shops across the country. The Malaysian Home Minister said that the brand's Pride collection are "detrimental to morality" and threatened anyone caught wearing one of the watches with fine and jail time.…

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3 weeks ago

Due to unseasonal water level fluctuation in the Mekong River, a result of upstream dams, many species of migratory birds that use to lay eggs along the riverbank in Bueng Kan City are disappearing. Meanwhile, tourism and riverbank development is also causing traditional…

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3 weeks ago

In an act of civil disobedience, student activist and conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal went to a military conscription centre in Samut Prakan’s Bang Pu District and announced that he will not participate in the conscription process. #ยกเลิกเกณฑ์ทหาร…

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