<p>Protesters idenitifed with Thailand&#39;s People&#39;s Alliance for Democracy - an anti-government movement - broke through a police-fortified iron gate to enter the compound of Thailand&#39;s state-run National Broadcasting Television this morning, Tuesday, 26 August 2008.</p>

<p>The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) joins its member, the Thai Journalists Association (TJA), in condemning a mob attack on a state-run television station in Bangkok.</p>

<p>Reporters Without Borders secretary general Robert M&eacute;nard has written to Google CEO Eric Schmidt and one of Google&#39;s founders, Sergey Brin, about a defamation lawsuit that the Indian construction company Gremach brought against Google&#39;s Indian subsidiary, Google India Private Ltd, in February 2008.</p>

<p><strong>The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a union leader was dismissed allegedly for wearing a protest T-shirt while outside of work on July 30, 2008. While a protest regarding her dismissal has continued, tens of colleagues who held a protest were threatened with dismissal and suspension.<br /></strong></p>

<p><span>Assoc Prof Worawit Charoenlert of the Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, gave this interview after the Ministry of Labour revoked the registration of the Labour Union of Hoya Glass Disk </span></p>

<p><span></span><br /> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>The severe flood occurring to the </span><span>Mekong </span><span>River during </span><span>the past week </span><span>has been </span><span>causing much suffering to people liv</span><span>ing </span><span>along the </span><span>River</span><span>, </span><span>all the way </span><span>from </span><span>the </span><span>Chiang Saen </span><span>and the </span><span>Chiang Khong district in </span><span>the </span><span>Chiang Rai province, Thailand, down to </span><span>the </span><span>Vientiane municipality</span><span>, </span><span>Lao PDR, </span><span>as well as to the </span><span>Nongkhai and </span><span>the </span><span>Nakhonpanom province</span><span>, </span><span>Thailand.</span></p>

<p><span>On Aug 14, Triumph Labour Union vowed to continue its campaign until its demands are met by the employer, the Body Fashion (Thailand) Ltd.<span> <br /> </span></span></p>

<p><span>Outspoken anti-coup activist has been detained in prison since July 22.<span>&nbsp; </span>Two attempts have been made to post bail for her, but have failed.</span></p>

<p><span>Body Fashion Thailand (BFT) is experiencing an illegal strike at its factory in Bangplee. The strike is apparently an effort to force the company to reinstate a former employee whose employment has been terminated legally.</span></p>

<p><span>Until today thousands of workers have staged protest rallies outside the factory gates to put pressure on the employer; the workers demand is for the company to recognize the basic human rights of the workers.<span>&nbsp; <br /></span></span></p>

<p><span>During <a href="http://www.thaiconference.tu.ac.th/">the 10^th International Conference on Thai Studies</a> at Thammasat University in January 2008, Fah Diew Kan interviewed Andrew Walker, an anthropologist from the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australia National University, after his presentation on &lsquo;Royal Sufficiency and Elite Misrepresentation of Rural Livelihoods&rsquo; in one of the panels.</span></p>

<p>Members of Reporters Without Borders today broadcast &quot;Radio Without Borders,&quot; China&#39;s only independent FM radio station, in Beijing just hours before the start of the Olympic Games opening ceremony.</p>