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11 Mar 2008
Four Years On, Continued Impunity Fuels Cycle of Abuse and More ‘Disappearances'
7 Mar 2008
It has been four years since Somchai Neelaphaijit disappeared; four long years of heartbreak for his family, four years of unanswered questions.
7 Mar 2008
As we celebrate International Women's Day on March 8, Internews spotlights ten countries where women are playing a key role in their local media.
29 Feb 2008
The new prime minister of Thailand has outraged many by refusing to admit that an infamous massacre ever occurred. In two separate interviews Samak Sundaravej claimed that only one person died on Oct. 6, 1976, when police and paramilitaries stormed Thammasat University, killing at least 46 and forcing thousands into hiding. He denied that he provoked the violence along with other rightists, saying that it is "a dirty history."
19 Feb 2008
Will the intellectuals and urban upper class dare to wake up to reality, or will they dream on?
15 Feb 2008
In recent weeks Thailand's media has attentively reported on the arrest of some paramilitary police who are alleged to have abducted and framed tens, perhaps hundreds, of people.
13 Feb 2008
Burma's referendum on a new constitution planned for May should be conducted in an atmosphere of freedom and respect for basic rights, and not as a hollow exercise in the military's sham political reform process, Human Rights Watch said today.
4 Feb 2008
Academics have warned that the outgoing government's resolution to stop officials from using foreign email providers may be unconstitutional.
1 Feb 2008
An article in the Asia Times this week linked a secret U.S. facility in eastern Thailand with the torture of people in the country's south. According to Shawn W. Crispin, "Rights advocates monitoring southern Thailand's conflict note a striking similarity between the torture techniques U.S. agents are known to have used against terror suspects ... with those now in practice by Thai security forces against suspected Thai Muslim militants."
30 Jan 2008
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that ten activists were charged with trespassing and coercion in relation to peaceful protest that was held on 12 December 2007 in Thailand. The demonstration was organized to protest against the appointed National Legislative Assembly's (NLA) attempts to push through legislation that would restrict fundamental rights and freedoms just before a general election that would bring in a democratic, representative legislature.
21 Jan 2008
Besides the shut down of Fah Diew Kun website (see FACT for more information), many Thai bloggers are still struggling with how they are going to survive in Thai blogophere.
15 Jan 2008
Police yesterday summoned activist Jon Ungpakorn and 10 fellow activists to hear charges related to their forced entry into Parliament House in December to disrupt the National Legislative Assembly as it deliberated several laws.

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