Thai junta expected to pass Gender Equality bill, strongly opposed by women...
Takato Mitsunaga Prachatai reported earlier on the pros and cons of the Civil Partnership Registration bill which is expected to be passed by the junta-appointed parliament. Another gender-related...
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Junta’s attempt to ‘return forest’ hurts the poor
Kongpob Areerat On 23 September, three Pakayaw Karen families were left destitute after their farmland in Mae Ngao National Park in the northern province of Mae Hong Son, which they claimed to use for...
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Thai junta's surrogacy bill to ban LGBT and singles from having their own...
Takato Mitsunaga With no people’s representatives in parliament, the junta has attempted to pass several quick bills without people’s participation. Among them are three controversial gender-related...
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Junta’s new Mining Bill will please corporates but harm the poor
Kongpob Areerat Although the junta promised to eradicate the alleged corruption of the former civilian government which served the capitalists, the new Mining Bill is designed to give mining...
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The new anti-coup wave and Isan people: how anti-coup becomes trendy again
Thaweeporn Kummetha and Kongpob Areerat In reaction to the May coup d’état, many people took to the streets of Bangkok and elsewhere during the first few weeks to protest against the coup-makers. The...
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The interrupted lives of the 'Khon Kaen Model' families
Kate Cowie-Haskell and Plia Xiong Seven months ago twenty-six people were arrested in Khon Kaen and now face charges of terrorism and treason—offences that could exact the death penalty. The case,...
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Martial Law in Thailand's Northeast creates common cause between...
Alexandrea Lee and Catherine Darin Six months after Thailand’s martial law is imposed discontent stirs across diverse factions.BURIRAM -- Sitting cross-legged in a bamboo hut, concealed by tall corn...
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The modern Thai student movement - Part I
Emma Arnold and Apisra Srivanich-Raper After tanks and military boots were deployed on the streets of Bangkok on 22 May to stage another coup d’état not even a decade after the 2006 coup, many...
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The Modern Thai Student Movement - Part II
Emma Arnold and Apisra Srivanich-Raper After tanks and military boots were deployed on the streets of Bangkok on 22 May to stage another coup d’état not even a decade after the 2006 coup, many...
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The modern Thai student movement - Part III
Emma Arnold and Apisra Srivanich-Raper After tanks and military boots were deployed on the streets of Bangkok on 22 May to stage another coup d’état not even a decade after the 2006 coup, many...
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The modern Thai student movement - Part IV
Emma Arnold and Apisra Srivanich-Raper In the final part of the Modern Thai Student Movement paper, the authors explored the aspirations of two more students activist bodies from Isan who harness...
View ArticleIs citing monarchy for personal interests a lèse-majesté?
iLaw Towards the end of 2014, the arrests of high ranking police officers and the siblings of Srirasmi, former Royal Consort to the Crown Prince, made the headlines in Thai and International media....
View ArticleThai junta to pass bill allowing police to intercept communications
Kongpob Areerat The Thai police have been notorious for their use of torture to force confessions and the arrest of scapegoats. The two Myanmar suspects accused of killing two British backpackers on...
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Torture and enforced disappearance in Thailand: the attempt during the junta...
Thaweeporn Kummetha Eight years after Thailand signed the UN conventions against torture and enforced disappearance, the Justice Ministry plans to submit a bill against torture and enforced...
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Thai junta’s new censorship bill the first to define right/wrong sexual acts
Thaweeporn Kummetha and Kongpob Areerat The Prevention and Suppressionof of Temptations to Dangerous Behaviors bill which will ban specific kinds of pornography in a bid to increase efficiency in...
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Junta's Public Assembly bill creates petty hindrances to obstruct rallies
Thaweeporn Kummetha The Thai military junta is looking to enact a law to regulate public assemblies which puts in place severe restrictions that can easily lead to an assembly being outlawed and...
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Junta to pass law banning homosexuals from monkhood
Kongpob Areerat The junta cabinet has approved a bill on religion which can be used to prosecute, with jail terms, people who propagate ‘incorrect’ versions of Buddhist doctrines or cause harm to...
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Exclusive: Bomb suspect reveals details of torture allegations “They tortured...
Four of nine suspects in a case related to explosions in Bangkok say they faced torture and ill-treatment during military detention in March. A communist-turned-red-shirt, Sansern Sriounruen is one of...
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Life after eviction
Eight months after the implementation of the Thai government’s Master Plan to reforest the country, villagers in Isaan bear the burden of a flawed policy at the cost of their livelihood and health....
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Life for the Thai Exiles: Aum Neko in France
Thaweeporn Kummetha Since the coup on 22 May 2014, about a hundred pro-democracy activists have fled the country. Most were involved in the red-shirt movement. Most decided to flee after they were...
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