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16 Oct 2009
The Criminal Court has agreed to a request by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to detain Nat Sattayapornpisut, 27, who has been charged under the 2007 Computer Crimes Act after he was found to have sent offensive clips to a blog called ‘StopLeseMajeste’.
15 Oct 2009
According to the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), the case of Kiettisak Thitboonkrong was sent to the Criminal Court in Bangkok in September 2009. Six police officers have been accused of premeditated murder and of concealing Kiettisak's corpse to hide the cause of death. The first trial will be opened on 19 October 2009 in the Criminal Court, Bangkok, Thailand. The AHRC asks supporters in Bangkok to attend the trial as observers.
14 Oct 2009
Over 2 years ago, a group of Thai workers went to work in Libya with CKG Company and other companies. These workers signed employment agreements with these companies as a result of assistance from employment brokers certified by the Thai Ministry of Labour. Related costs for this assistance ranged from 150, 000 to 200, 000 baht. However, once workers completed their 2 years work, the employing companies refused to send the workers back to Thailand in breach of the employment agreements. As a result, 151 Thai workers currently remain stranded in Libya.
14 Oct 2009
Somsak Jeamtheerasakul, a Thammasat University lecturer in history, told a public forum that in order to get rid of the so-called ‘Amat’ regime (traditional elitist rule), it was necessary to change the constitutional clause on the royal prerogatives to conform to the principles of democracy. This included two main points: the appointment of Privy Councillors and the succession, with the latter being changed after the 1991 coup.
9 Oct 2009
In a bizarre reversal of the normal publishing practices of Thai politicians, Thaksin Shinawatra has very quietly published his ‘Tackling Poverty’ in English and says it will soon appear in Thai. (By contrast, his replacement as head of the now-defunct Thai Rak Thai party, Chaturon Chaisang, published his latest book first in Thai with an English translation soon to be launched at the FCCT.)
8 Oct 2009
On 5 Oct, PM’s Office Minister Sathit Wongnongtoey denied as untrue criticism by the Pheua Thai Party and some newspapers that his ‘Thais United, Thais Strong Project’ had squandered Bt60 million of public money.
8 Oct 2009
The Cabinet has approved in principle a bill on public gatherings proposed by the police.
8 Oct 2009
The government’s decision to prosecute the company that published the new cartoon magazine Gedung Kartun for not having a permit is a setback for press freedom in Malaysia. The decision was announced by Jamilah Taib, the head of the interior ministry’s communication unit. The company insists it did get a verbal go-ahead.
8 Oct 2009
7th October 2009 is World Day for Decent Work. On behalf of a network of labour organisations, and in the name of the Working Group to Promote Ratification of ILO C.87 and C.98 (consisting of Labour Congresses, Labour Federations, Area Based Labour Unions, the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee, the State Enterprise Workers Relations Confederation and members of the Global Unions Federation (GUFs) in Thailand), we come out to demand that the Thai Government immediately ratify the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Conventions 87 and 98 as a matter of the utmost urgency.
8 Oct 2009
International trade union federations lend their support to the Thai labour movement’s campaign to protect precarious workers and their demands for the ratification of fundamental International Labour Oraganisation (ILO) conventions numbers 87 and 98, on Freedom of Association and the Right to Organise and the Right to Collective Bargaining.
6 Oct 2009
In an affirmation of its authority, the Chinese government is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the creation of the People's Republic of China with fireworks and military parades but there is also a need to evaluate the past 60 years from the Chinese media's viewpoint and in the name of the Chinese people's right to be informed.
Activists Petition Thai PM for Urgent Inquiry as Nationality Verification of Burmese Migrants Begins
5 Oct 2009
Labour and human rights groups will today petition Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva calling for an urgent inquiry into the start of a nationality verification process for 2 million Burmese migrants working in Thailand. The complex process, requiring migrant’s return to Burma, and on which the Government has disseminated little information, is likely to be ineffective and result in systematic exploitation.
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