<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the sentencing today of two citizen radio journalists,</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span><strong style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Vu Duc Trung</strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">and his brother-in-law</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span><strong style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Le Van Thanh</strong><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">, to prison terms of three years and two years respectively for</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span><a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" href="http://en.rsf.org/viet-nam-two-radio-station-operators-to-be-05-04-2011,39961.html" target="_blank">illegally broadcasting radio programmes to China</a><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">.</span></font></p>

<p>As parts of Ayutthaya have begun to dry, it's others' turn to be extremely nervous. The Nation's Pravit Rojanaphruk spent two days at the flood-besieged Bangchan and Lat Krabang industrial estates east of Bangkok to see how the mood is over there</p>

<p><b><i>Ensure Right of All Malaysians to Freedom of Association, Expression</i></b><i></i></p> <p></p> <p>(New York, November 9, 2011) &ndash; The Malaysian government should immediately rescind a police-imposed ban on the fourth annual Seksualiti Merdeka festival and adopt measures to protect all Malaysians from discrimination, Human Rights Watch said today in a</p>

<p>The problem in trying to independently verify whether &quot;over-priced&quot; relief bags were ordered by the Flood Relief Operations Centre (Froc) is difficult to assess, as all of the Bt800 bags have supposedly been given away already.</p>

<p>Volunteer leader Poramate Minsiri apologised profusely for being late for the interview, but was insistent that he had absolutely no regrets for abandoning the flood-relief operations in Don Mueang Airport two weeks ago.</p>

<p><em>Progress in Rhetoric and Policies Should be Matched by Implementation</em></p> <p>(New York, November 4, 2011) &ndash; Positive actions by Burma&rsquo;s new government should not obscure the serious human rights problems persisting in the country one year after the November 2010 elections, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released on November 3, 2011.</p>

<p>BURMESE MONK NEEDS URGENT MEDICAL CARE</p> <p>U Gambira, a Buddhist monk imprisoned in Myanmar because of his role in antigovernment protests in 2007, is seriously ill in prison. Amnesty International has recently received information that his injuries resulted from torture he suffered in 2009. He urgently needs to be transferred to a hospital and treated for his injuries.</p>

<p>A new Freedom House report, <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=AZGUJQWwq7rD4MkXMuh9mUdzVR1rhdX4">Countries at the Crossroads 2011</a>, concludes that success in the Arab democratic revolution will require major reforms in government institutions that had been seriously undermined during previous authoritarian regimes.</p>

<p>Reporters Without Borders condemns yesterday&rsquo;s [1 Nov] refusal by a Bangkok court to free <b>Somyos Prueksakasemsuk</b> on bail although he has been held for six months on a l&egrave;se-majest&eacute; charge in connection with his former position as editor of <i>Voice of Thaksin</i>, a magazine closed in 2010.</p>

<p>After weeks of suffering perhaps the worst flood in a century and being inundated with selfish reactions, how many of us can still hold that Thailand is a uniquely caring and united society?</p>

<p>Mark Zuckerberg faces 15 brutal years in a Thai prison.</p> <p>According to the Computer Crimes Act of Thailand, a website owner is responsible for anything written on their site, not just the actual author of the content. So if anyone posts anything on Facebook that is considered illegal in Thailand, Zuckerberg could be held responsible. The problem is that even talking about this law in Thailand is an offense, so if someone clicks the &quot;like&quot; button on this article from inside their borders, it could mean trouble.</p>

<p><em>Angry residents at Klong Sam Wa force PM to let through fetid water flooding their area for 3 months</em></p> <p>Scenes at Bangkok's Klong Sam Wa sluice gate have been far from the feel-good images of Bangkokians pitching in and helping each other battle what some have dubbed the worst flood in a century.</p>