Highlight

Justice delayed is justice denied: remembering the 19 May 2010 killing of ‘red shirt’ protestors

Anna Lawattanatrakul
26 May 2019

All They Could Do To Us: Courage in Dark Times from a Fighter (Not a Victim)

Metta Wongwat
21 May 2019

Who is Siam Theerawut? From exile to Vietnam to whereabouts unknown

Korakot Phiangjai
16 May 2019

A Revolution in Song: remembering Jit Phumisak through music

Anna Lawattanatrakul
11 May 2019

A country for the young: first-time voters in the 2019 general election and how they can change the face of Thai politics

Anna Lawattanatrakul
23 Mar 2019

A new type of employment, a new pressure? On the immense number of ‘workers’ in electronics factories.

Tewarit Maneechai
14 Mar 2019

Round Up

Weapon of math destruction at work in Thai politics

Thammachart Kri-aksorn
15 May 2019

Vietnam’s struggle over IUU fishing warning, fatal to its fisherman?

Yiamyut Sutthichaya
3 Apr 2019

Japanese Pop Culture - Thai Millennials' Secret Political Weapon

Thammachart Kri-aksorn
26 Mar 2019

The most questionable election in Thai history?

Prachatai
25 Mar 2019

ECT unprepared for high early voter turnout

Prachatai
19 Mar 2019

Voter suppression or mismanagement? Thais face obstacles as overseas voting begins

Anna Lawattanatrakul
15 Mar 2019

Editorial

Stalemate before catastrophe? – challenges to democratic camp after election result

Prachatai
29 Mar 2019

Thai political slang explained: พรรคแมลงสาบ or ‘cockroach party’

พรรคแมลงสาบ [phak malaengsap] or ‘cockroach party’ is a derogatory term, widely used by the general public to refer to the Democrat Party based on its longevity and high resilience to stay in power. Many may attribute the term to its long controversial history, but the term was first used in 2002 from within the Democrat Party itself as Kanok Wongtrangan was looking for a model to navigate the politics of the time.

Somsak Jeamteerasakul returns

The prominent Thai historian and monarchy reformist in exile has made an epic comeback that many people have been looking forward to for 10 months. On the afternoon of 9 June, Somsak Jeamteerasakul returned to the comment section of a Facebook Live seminar on “Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena: the People's Party and democratic military”. 

FFP spokesperson accused of being anti-royalist over graduation photo

Future Forward spokesperson Pannika Wanich faced a storm of online attack over the weekend after a Facebook page posted her graduation photo from 2010, which shows Pannika in her graduation gown looking at a picture of the late King Bhumibol while a classmate points at it, along with the caption “this should not have an explanation”.

King Power wins duty-free concession in three more airports

After winning the contracts to operate duty-free shops and the commercial zone at Suvarnabhumi Airport on 31 May, King Power Duty Free Co has now won the contract to run duty-free shops at Chiang Mai, Phuket, and Hat Yai airports.

Long-time lèse-majesté detainee released on bail

The Bangkok Military Court has allowed long-time lèse-majesté detainee Siraphop Kornaroot to be released on bail, said Thai Lawyers for Human Rights. He was released at 19.30 today (11 June). 

After 58 years: “Dictatorship shall fall, democracy shall prosper”, Khrong Chandawong and words that still live on

On the 58th anniversary of the execution of Khrong Chandawong by Sarit Thanarat under Section 17 of the constitution of the time, the quote “Dictatorship shall fall, democracy shall prosper” still hasn’t died away and is still used to fight against Gen Prayut’s junta; many still use this quote to protest, and have been prosecuted. 

Anti-junta rap group to be awarded prize for creative dissent

The anti-military rap group Rap Against Dictatorship has been declared one of the three winners of the 2019 Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent, which will be presented on 29 May at the Oslo Freedom Forum. 

Thai political slang explained: ส้มหล่น [som lon] or ‘fallen orange’

ส้มหล่น [som lon] or ‘fallen orange’ means a windfall. In contemporary Thai politics, the term is often applied to the Future Forward Party, which has orange as its symbolic colour.
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News

Thai youth more at risk of suicide, says Department of Mental Health

Prachatai
14 Jun 2019

NHRCT decides to not forward complaint about Commissioner Angkhana Neelapaijit to NACC

Prachatai
14 Jun 2019

Police threaten French expat over viral parody video

Prachatai
13 Jun 2019

New report shows security threats to refugees on Shan-Thai border

Prachatai
13 Jun 2019

No progress in missing dissident case

Prachatai
13 Jun 2019

Long-time lèse-majesté detainee released on bail

Prachatai
11 Jun 2019

Interview

Tanapong Luekajornchai: 110 years of the Anglo-Siamese Treaty, history without the nationalism

Kritsada Subpawanthanakun
24 May 2019

Without the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, one is not a citizen: an interview with Clément Nyaletsossi Voule

Prachatai
29 Apr 2019

Phrae Sirisakdamkoeng: Within the humanity… of drug users

Kritsada Subpawanthanakun
2 Apr 2019

Pauline Ngarm-pring, the Mahachon Party’s head of strategy, and her first step into politics

Prachatai
22 Mar 2019

Nattika Loweera: the New Dem candidate in Pheu Thai stronghold

Prachatai
20 Mar 2019

Lertsak Kamkongsak: ‘Commoner’ from Street to Parliament

Prachatai
11 Mar 2019

Multimedia

Access denied: challenges for people with disabilities in the 2019 election

Thisable.me and Prachatai English
12 Mar 2019

Infographic

ECT penalties and how they could affect the election results

Prachatai
2 Apr 2019

Op-Ed

Myanmar: Military commits war crimes in latest operation in Rakhine State

Amnesty International
30 May 2019

The Thai Constitutional Court, a Major Threat to Thai Democracy

Eugénie Mérieau
28 May 2019

2019 Thai general election: A déjà vu of 1969 Thai general election

Thareerat Laohabut
28 Apr 2019

Support us or starve: Chinese policy for victims of SE Asia’s most controversial dam project

Seng Mai
27 Apr 2019

Netiwit’s ‘shoe protest’ against the Election Commission: how bodily taboos become tools of dissent

James Buchanan
17 Apr 2019

Songkran with Sighs

Harrison George
16 Apr 2019

Pick to Post

Thailand: Authorities Punish Mockery of Junta

Human Rights Watch
14 Jun 2019

[Hong Kong] Extradition Bill is a grave threat to rule of law and fundamental freedoms

Asia Democracy Network
14 Jun 2019

Drop All Charges Against Land and Human Rights Defenders from Ban Sapwai, Chaiyaphum

Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)
12 Jun 2019

Thailand: 3 Junta Critics Assaulted in Past Month

Human Rights Watch
10 Jun 2019

Thailand: Release long-time lèse-majesté detainee Siraphop Kornaroot, UN body urges

International Federation for Human Rights
7 Jun 2019

The Attacks of Political Activists

Thai Lawyers for Human Rights
6 Jun 2019

Quote of the Day

The people must demand the right to election, and not only that demand, but also transparency and fainess[in the election]. Not just somebody, this country must belong to everyone.

Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal

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