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By Pravit Rojanaphruk |
<p>The Centre for People Missing During the April Demonstration - set up by the Student Federation of Thailand (SFT) - has closed down: all six people whom relatives reported as missing have been found and returned home. </p>
By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Thaweeporn Kummetha, The Nation |
<p>Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, a leader of the Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship and editor of the new Thai Red News weekly newspaper, isn't your typical red-shirt chieftain.</p> <p>While denying he's ever received money from former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, Somyot is quick to add that he wouldn't mind getting some.<br /> &quot;I'd like some of Thaksin's money if he's willing! I don't know why he won't give me any. I think he only gives it to his cronies.</p>
By Thaweeporn Kummetha and Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation |
<p>Some 30,000 red shirts occupied half of Sanam Luang yesterday evening in a rally to remind Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva that they remained a threat to the coalition government.</p>
By Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation |
<p>A defence lawyer for alleged lese majeste offender Daranee Charncherngsilpakul expressed concern yesterday that his client may suffer a negative outcome because she faces a closed-door trial.</p>
By Awzar Thi |
<p>A little over a week ago, the Bangkok Post reported that a special inquiry unit under Thailand&rsquo;s Justice Ministry had asked the public prosecutor to lodge charges against six police officers for allegedly torturing a man in their custody.</p>
By Reuters |
<p>Rights group Amnesty International urged Thailand on Friday to open the trial of a political campaigner charged with insulting the monarchy after it was closed for reasons of &quot;national security.&quot;</p>
By Supawadee Inthawong, The Bangkok Post |
<p><strong>Get to know Thai history and Pridi, a 'Great Commoner' via the web</strong></p> <p>Libraries in famous universities worldwide are usually safe havens for rare historical information. Occasionally you are bound to find a gem or biographical work concerning the life of an important Thai individual who played a role in the history of Thailand. All of this is kept within the confines of a library outside of Thailand. So, how many Thais will be able to access this information?</p>
By Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation |
<p>The launch of Thai Red News, a weekly pro-Thaksin Shinawatra and pro-red-shirt Democratic Alliance Against Dictatorship (DAAD) newspaper less than three weeks ago made sure that discourse on real versus fake mass media keeps continuing.</p> <p>This writer interviewed Thai Red News editor and DAAD leader Somyos Pruksakasemsuk on Monday and he did not seem too comfortable with the subject. First, he half jokingly said</p> <p>Thai Red News was simply &quot;fake media&quot;, but when prodded further, he retorted: &quot;Tell me which [Thai mainstream media] is ethical?&quot;</p>
By M.L. Nattakorn Devakula, Asia Sentinel |
<p>When angry demonstrators recently took to the streets in Iran, the seething masses claiming that they had been robbed of true democracy recalled recent protest scenes in Thailand. An obvious and dangerous trend in international politics is that when any demagogue-type politician wins a landslide election, the opposition claims vote fraud and in many cases sends its supporters into the streets to stir unrest.&nbsp;</p>
By BBC |
<p>An Italian court has delayed a case against search giant Google, which could have major ramifications for content providers around the globe.</p> <p>At the heart of the case is a debate about how much responsibility providers have for the content on their sites.</p>
By Darren Schuettler, Reuters |
<p>A Thai judge citing reasons of national security closed the trial on Tuesday of a &quot;red shirt&quot; supporter of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra charged with insulting the monarchy.</p>