Category: Thailand
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Upcoming Event: Honoring the Legacy of Sombath Somphone [2 December 2022]
Focus on the Global South, Asia Europe People’s Forum, Embassy of the Netherlands in...
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Riot Police during the APEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, 18 November 2022. Photo by สำนักข่าวราษฎร - Ratsadon News.
STATEMENT: Thailand must respect the Rights of Peaceful Assembly during APEC 2022
Bangkok, 18 November 2022 Civil Society Organisations condemn the Thai Government’s violent...
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SONGKHLA NARUEMIT PRIDE 2022: Rising of the LGBTQIAN+ voices beyond Bangkok
Introduction by Kheetanat Wannaboworn Photos by Feminist Mermaid Thailand recently made a historic...
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Rice straw is gathered, bound and carried from the rice paddies to a central place after the harvest. Photo by Takeaway from wikimedia commons is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
OPEN LETTER: CONCERNED CIVIL SOCIETY SUBMISSION ON AGRICULTURE RELATED ISSUES AT WTO MC12
June 8, 2022 Mr. Jurin Laksanawisit Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Ministry of...
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24 พฤษภาคม 2565 ขบวนต่อต้านร่างกฎหมายทำลายการรวมกลุ่มของประชาชน นัดหมายชุมนุมเพื่อคัดค้านการเสนอร่างพ.ร.บ.องค์กรไม่แสวงหาผลกำไรฯ https://ilaw.or.th/node/6112 โดยเริ่มการชุมนุมตั้งแต่วันก่อนหน้านี้ที่บริเวณถนนราชดำเนินนอก หน้าอาคารสหประชาชาติ และวางแผนจะเดินขบวนไปยื่นหนังสือที่ทำเนียบรัฐบาล ซึ่งมีการประชุมคณะรัฐมนตรีในวันนี้ และต้องการให้รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงพัฒนาสังคมและความมั่นคงของมนุษย์ (พม.) ออกมารับหนังสือ พร้อมรับปากว่าจะหยุดการเสนอกฎหมายนี้. Photo Source: iLaw
NPO law: A new threat for civil liberty and public association in Thailand?
by Kheetanat Wannaboworn The draconian legacy of the 2014 coup d’état continues to haunt the...
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Thailand: Building Food Sovereignty through Solidarity!
For many of us organised in The Assembly of the Poor, agriculture is a way of life. Our members...
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COVID-19 Impacts on Women’s Economy, Women’s Rights and Livelihood in Thailand
In 2020, Thailand was the first country in the world to detect COVID-19 transmission outside...
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Student protestors occupy Sanam Luang, beside Bangkok's Grand Palace, on 19 September 2020. Photo: Jacob Goldberg
The political education of Thailand’s dissident youth
Thailand’s anti-government, anti-monarchy protests may have been triggered by recent abuses, but...
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Thai police use water cannons to disperse pro-democracy demonstrations in Bangkok on 16 October 2020. Photo: Sirikan Charoensiri
Thai government must end crackdowns on pro-democracy activists
Focus on the Global South calls on the Thai government to release all detained activists and lift...
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Protesters demand democratic reforms at Bangkok's Democracy Monument on August 16, 2020.
To dream the impossible dream: Youth-led uprisings in Thailand
By Supatsak Pobsuk “Down with dictatorship, long live democracy.” – Protest chant On August 16,...
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Rethink on the Pacific Trade Pact?
Supatsak Pobsuk 26 May 2020 Debate on CPTPP in Thailand The Comprehensive and Progressive...
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How Thailand Contained Covid-19: Why a Public Health System with Popular Support Matters
By Walden Bello* It was not authoritarian decrees from above but a strategy of persuasion built on...
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