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Is Thailand moving in the right direction on human rights?

By Bangkok Pundit Mon, Mar 12, 2012 7:00PM UTC View Comments

Kavi has an op-ed today in The Nation entitled “Kingdom moving in right direction on human rights”: Thailand has moved away from being a blah-blah nation to become a serious and committed member of the UN Human Rights Council. Again, this week Thailand will have another opportunity to defend and further pledges to promote and...

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Thailand: Is a lese majeste crackdown around the corner? UPDATE: ICT asks FB to block thousands of sites

By Bangkok Pundit Fri, Nov 25, 2011 9:00AM UTC Comments Off

UPDATE: Sunai of Human Rights Watch tweets Anudith said ICT Ministry told Facebook to block more accounts with LM contents: 26,000 URL in Aug-Sept and 60,000 URL in Oct-[Nov]. BP: Is requesting blocking of more sites better? Is this just blocking for Thailand (i.e if your IP address shows you are from Thailand, you can’t...

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More details on Norawase Yospiyasathien, Thailand’s youngest lese majeste arrest

By Jon Russell Tue, Aug 16, 2011 11:00AM UTC View Comments

More than a week has passed since Kasetsart graduate Norawase Yospiyasathien became the youngest (documented) person to be arrested on lese majeste charges after being controversially reported to authorities by the university’s deputy rector, Nipon Limlamtong, and more details of the case have emerged through media reports. I speculated in my original post that the...

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