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Karen allegedly tortured to death during conscription: mother's testimony
Janjira Lintong Pvt Somchai Si-ueangdoi is from the Karen ethnic group and from Chiang Mai. He decided to serve in the military to earn money to support his mom and sister after his dad passed away....
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Hijab-wearing football club in Deep South: a space for diversity
Thaweeporn Kummetha The perception of Thailand’s Deep South region, called Patani by local people, is often known only for the conflict and violence that has taken the lives of over 6,500 people over...
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Tak Bai 12 Years Later: Unhealed Wounds, Justice Denied
Thaweeporn Kummetha Every year during the month of Ramadan, large crowds of people pass near the border crossing at Tak Bai, going to market to purchase food for the evening meal that breaks the...
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Locals pay the price as junta pushes for Songkhla SEZ
Kongpob Areerat In a bid to lure investors, Thailand’s junta plans to evict some 300 citizens from their homes to construct a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the southern province of Songkhla. While...
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Disabled women, doubly cursed, raped, sterilized
Nalutporn Krairiksh Why is it hard for us to imagine what the sex lives of disabled people are like? Will they have children? Have they ever had boyfriends or girlfriends? This may reflect the old...
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Women inmates: Lives without dignity in Thailand’s female prisons
Kritsada Supawatanakul Prisons in Thailand still fail to recognise the basic rights of female prisoners, depriving women of essential health services and goods from sanitary pads to bras. Overburdened...
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Prachatai’s Person of the Year 2016: Naritsarawan Keawnopparat
She would not let the death of her uncle be forgotten as insignificant and has braved legal, physical and psychological threats in her fight against military-backed torture. Prachatai introduces...
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Romantic relationships impossible for disabled women? (Part 2)
Nalutporn Krairiksh “We talked by phone. My little brother talked for me, I didn’t talk to her myself (laughs). After more than a week, I went to pick her up to live with me, and then I proposed to...
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Pruay, Refugee and Director of Democracy After Death
In October 2016, there was a minor news report that at an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of 6 October 1976 and coincidentally the 10th anniversary of the 2006 coup, a film named Democracy...
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Junta’s police reform just vague promise
Kongpob Areerat News of police scapegoating innocent victims has inspired public calls for police reform. But amidst announcements by the junta that it will push ahead with planned reforms to the...
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Disabled women, doubly cursed, raped, sterilized
Nalutporn Krairiksh Why is it hard for us to imagine what the sex lives of disabled people are like? Will they have children? Have they ever had boyfriends or girlfriends? This may reflect the old...
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Women inmates: Lives without dignity in Thailand’s female prisons
Kritsada Supawatanakul Prisons in Thailand still fail to recognise the basic rights of female prisoners, depriving women of essential health services and goods from sanitary pads to bras. Overburdened...
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Prachatai’s Person of the Year 2016: Naritsarawan Keawnopparat
She would not let the death of her uncle be forgotten as insignificant and has braved legal, physical and psychological threats in her fight against military-backed torture. Prachatai introduces...
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Romantic relationships impossible for disabled women? (Part 2)
Nalutporn Krairiksh “We talked by phone. My little brother talked for me, I didn’t talk to her myself (laughs). After more than a week, I went to pick her up to live with me, and then I proposed to...
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Pruay, Refugee and Director of Democracy After Death
In October 2016, there was a minor news report that at an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of 6 October 1976 and coincidentally the 10th anniversary of the 2006 coup, a film named Democracy...
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Junta’s police reform just vague promise
Kongpob Areerat News of police scapegoating innocent victims has inspired public calls for police reform. But amidst announcements by the junta that it will push ahead with planned reforms to the...
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Sex and love in Thailand’s prisons
Taweesak Kerdpoka Sexual release is a basic human need but it has always been subject to social norms, law and morality. In Thai prisons, regulations place even the internal needs of inmates under the...
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Turning Point: Family status of migrants from Shan State and Thai citizenship...
Pongpan Chumjai What are the dreams of families who migrated from Shan State and currently reside in Thailand? Many families hope to be reunited with family members in their home country; but there...
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Legalization of marijuana in Thailand: possibility or just wishful thinking
Kornkritch Somjittranukit We have surveyed the concept of ‘marijuana legalization’ from its status as a narcotic that must be suppressed to a medication. We have talked to representatives from the...
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Frequencies: Public goods not owned yet by the public
Jiranan Hanthamrongwit It’s been more than 24 years since the media reform began in Thailand, but the state still refuses to give up its ownership of public frequencies. The National Broadcasting and...
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