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A changing Mekong, changing lives in Ubon Ratchathani
Kornkritch Somjittranukit Dams constructed by Chinese government along the Mekong river are forcing villagers in Ubon Ratchathani into lives of uncertainty, even as they reap no benefits from the dams...
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Love Missions: junta’s new soapie reflects military fantasy
Kittinun Klongyai This month, Thai television station Channel Seven — with ample members of the military in attendance — held a press conference announcing a new military-themed series named ‘Love...
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What has ruling junta learnt from “wasted” coup in 2006??
Kornkritch Somjittranukit Forming political alliances, securing military influence, creating extra-parliamentary mechanisms and establishing dominant ideology are things that the ruling junta has...
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Krabi residents vow to fight on against junta’s power plant plan
Kongpob Areerat The authorities are still pushing an energy policy that ignores local interests and the environment, even after February protests temporarily halted a coal-fired power station in...
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A Decade of Article 112 Cases
Metta Wongwat In what follows below, I offer a concise picture of the dynamics and significance of Article 112 over the preceding decade. Some of the sources cannot be fully cited as it may harm those...
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Have 3 years of the Gender Equality Act resulted in more equality?
Kritsada Subpawanthanakun The Gender Equality Act of 2015 was enacted by the junta almost three years ago now. Although the name is seemingly progressive and rosy, one of its articles—17, paragraph...
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Sex in grey areas (1): sting operations horrify Thai sex workers
Kornkritch Somjittranukit Though no Thai government has ever conducted a formal survey, in 2014 UNAIDS estimated that some 123,530 sex workers operate in Thailand, with sex industry contributing to 10...
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Ramkhamhaeng Clash 4th Anniversary: justice still delayed
On the fourth anniversary of the clash at Ramkhamhaeng University and Rajamangala Stadium during the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC) campaign, there is no progress in the legal cases to...
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Metta Wongwat Apart from the problem of interpreting the legal meaning of the term ‘defame’ in Article 112, where the current standards of the courts use a very broad interpretation, the scope of the...
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‘Pai Dao Din’s 1 year in prison: the written but untrue right to bail for 112...
Taweesak Kerdpoka Although the Constitution supposedly guarantees the right to bail, it is as if that right does not exist for a lèse majesté suspect. In the case of Jatupat “Pai” Boonpattararaksa,...
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Sex in grey areas (2): how the junta threatens the lives of sex workers
Bribes are unavoidable for businesses that operate in the grey market. Sex businesses must forfeit considerable sums of money to the authorities to persuade them to turn a blind eye to sex work,...
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The winding road of life: Lives of migrant workers on Thai-Myanmar border
Pongpan Chumjai Tens of thousands of migrant workers without proper documentation travelled back to their homelands or were fired by their employers who feared legal repercussion as soon as the Royal...
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Life as LBGT in the Southern Border Provinces and the Pain of Being Different
Kritsada Subpawanthanakun “... some people had stones thrown at their head, a knife pointed at their throat or a knife aimed at their belly (these are experiences that I myself had directly). Some...
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The day Suphap Khamlae, land rights activist, walked free
Sarayuth Rittipin Suphap Khamlae, wife of disappeared land rights activist Den Khamlae, has been released upon completing a six-month jail sentence for land encroachment. At 65, Ms Suphap, of Khok Yao...
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Ratchaburi court to rule on case against Prachatai reporter 29 Jan
Tewarit Maneechay and Yiamyut Sutthichaya It’s already been over a year since the referendum on the constitution which was approved by the majority of voters, and the memories of what happened before...
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4 years after the anti-election PDRC protests: how’s ‘reform before...
Four years ago, on February 2, 2014, People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) protesters, led by Suthep Thaugsuban, forcefully shut down many polling stations in Bangkok and the South. Many...
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Prachatai poll: a military party may not be as popular as Prayut hopes
After junta leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha announced that the election may be held in November 2018, various political groups, including the junta's National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) itself,...
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Forget him not: 1 year without truth in the death of young Lahu activist
Yiamyut Sutthichaya March 17th marked the first anniversary of the death of the young Lahu activist, Chaiyaphum ‘Cha-ou’ Pasae. He was shot dead by a soldier under suspicious circumstances. The...
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ISOC’s cultural mission in promoting the main ideology of the security...
Nutcha Tantivitayapitak From concerts, musicals, to movies, read ISOC’s cultural mission in their process of promoting the main ideology of the security services. We invite you to look at the origin...
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Thailand’s new Cyber Security Bill: security from military perspective
Nutcha Tantivitayapitak The coordinator of the Thai Netizen Network analyses the latest draft of the Cyber Security Bill, saying that the definition of “cyber” is too broad, there is a risk of...
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