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"Last Round" of Suthep over 180 days
What does "Last round" mean to Suthep? An infographic shows speeches of Suthep Thaugsuban on the PDRC stage, addresing to the protesters about the "last round" of fights against Thaksin regime which...
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The 21 announcements of the National Peace and Order Maintenance Council (NPOMC)
The 21 announcements of the National Peace and Order Maintenance Council (NPOMC)following the coup on May 22, 2014 at 16.30 For larger image size, please click here The NPOMC has 1. seized the...
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[Infographic] Travel warnings to Thailand
Information as of June 3, 2014 For larger image click here
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[Infographic] How many days did the junta detain people?
by ilaw, translated by Prachatai English
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When truth is missing from the land of (pretended) smiles
Thaweeporn Kummetha On Thai television, Thailand seems very normal and Thais seem to be happy under the coup d’état. There is very little resistance and Thais seem to have adapted very quickly to the...
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[infographic] The Vicious Cycle of Amnesty
The latest round of crisis in Thai politics, which ended with a coup d’état, started with the controversial blanket amnesty bill, supported by the ruling Pheu Thai party. The bill was aimed at...
View ArticleMilitary ill-treats, threatens to kill anti-coup protesters
Contrary to what the junta has tried to claim, that all detainees were treated very well while in their custody, other than being deprived of their freedom, the first account of degrading treatment of...
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A Call to Remember: 6 years of Da Torpedo behind bars for lèse majesté
Metta Wongwat This story was published on Prachatai in Thai on Monday and the original can be read here. Today (Tuesday) is both the six-year anniversary of the arrest of Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul,...
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2014 Interim Charter to re-engineer Thai political landscape
After the 2007 Constitution was torn up two months ago, Thailand was presented with an Interim Charter with 48 articles on 22 July 2014. The significance of the charter is that it allows the...
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Thai junta spends US$ 4.3 bn in 2 months
Within about two months since the junta’s National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) seized power on 22 May 2014, the junta has decided to spent more than 138 billion baht or about 4.3 billion US...
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Student activist reveals military threats of enforced disappearance
Contrary to what the junta has tried to claim, that all detainees have been very well treated while in custody, other than being deprived of their freedom, a second account of degrading treatment of...
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Lesson from Loei ore mine: How Thai junta uses martial law to end conflict by...
Thaweeporn Kummetha and Kongpob Areerat The Thai junta staged the coup in 22 May with the ambitious mission of ending political differences in the kingdom of more than 60 million people which has been...
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Iron flowers of the Deep South: The story of female paramilitaries and...
In light of the violent political situation in Thailand’s troubled South, paramilitary troops have been engaged to patrol the heavily militarized three border provinces, conducting search and arrest...
View ArticleThais adopt #IceBucketChallenge to campaign for lèse majesté prisoners
Kongpob Areerat and Thaweeporn Kummetha Thai social and political activists have adopted the method of the Ice Bucket Challenge to campaign to free lèse majesté prisoners. Instead of throwing an ice...
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When junta control universities, metal box becomes symbol of the fight for...
Kongpob Areerat and Thaweeporn Kummetha Since the coup d’état on 22 May, the junta has threatened and detained academics and students in many tertiary educational institutions. It even sent soldiers...
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Exclusive: Suspects say they were electrocuted, beaten during Thai military...
Earlier Prachatai has published exclusive reports of two groups of anti-coup student activists in a Bangkok university and Mahasarakham University in the North East province being ill-treated. They...
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Understand the Red Shirts
Thaweeporn Kummetha Kamthong Somchai started his day on Jan. 17 as usual. He left a deserted guardhouse, which is his only shelter with his tricycle, to look for recyclable garbage on Lad Phrao road,...
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Understanding Thai-style Buddhism
Suluck Lamubol The involvement of a controversial monk Buddha Issara as an anti-government protest leader sparks fierce debate on the function of Buddhism in this turbulent country. It is commonly...
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Crime of the State: Enforced disappearance, killings and impunity
Thaweeporn Kummetha In October 2003, Jawa Jalo, an ethnic Lahu, was captured by armed state officials during a search of a litchi farm in a northern border province. Although the officials who...
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Same-sex marriage may come true under Thai junta
Takato Mitsunaga The parliament appointed by the military junta is expected to pass the Civil Partnership Act, the first law in Thailand to recognize the existence of same-sex couples. However, the...
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