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It looks like being an interesting Friday in Bangkok. PPT has seen a bunch of Facebook and emailed invitations emanating from Democrat Party MPs hooting and hollering about how Friday is the big deal in their opposition to the various versions of the reconciliation bills. These emails say that Friday is going to make the [...]
This is PPT’s weekend post that we hope is kind of serious but also draws a bit of a laugh. Other reactions are also possible. It comes early this week. A reader pointed out this official government page and a new emblem designed for Queen Sirikit’s 80th birthday. Readers will no doubt notice the use [...]
The Asian Human Rights Commission has issued a long and detailed appeal and statement on the sentencing of Chiranuch Premchaiporn yesterday. It is complicated and worth studying in full. It begins: On 30 May 2012, the Criminal Court read its verdict in the case in Black Case No. 1667/2553, in which Chiranuch Premchaiporn was charged [...]
In an earlier post, PPT linked to the Democrat Party – the PADocrat Party – acting like thugs in parliament while their PAD allies rallied outside parliament. There are more videos of their parliamentary shenanigans here. The Nation reports that the PADocrats have again been using Nazi salutes in parliament: “A group of Democrat MPs [...]
Prachatai has posted a translation of one of the seven articles that have led to a claim of lese majeste against journalist Pravit Rojanaphruk. As the police have demanded that Prachatai remove all of the seven articles originally published in Thai, PPT thinks it useful to republish this article so that readers can see how [...]
The following are some of the media reports that were available within the first few hours of the guilty verdict for Chiranuch Premchaiporn: Thai Webmaster Gets Suspended Sentence in Free Speech Case, TIME New call for reform of Thai lese majeste law, AFP Thai webmaster guilty of royal slur, jail suspended, AFP Jail suspended for [...]
The Justice for Peace Foundation (JPF) has called for the Government of Thailand to ratify and comply with the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances. The Asian Human Rights Commission has circulated it in English. To most reasonable people, that might seem a very reasonable call. Indeed, a question might [...]
