By Prachatai |
With Thailand’s elderly population on the rise, a new pension scheme is drawing widespread criticism for taking away some oldsters’ pension rights.
By Prachatai |
<p>Ministry of Interior has dismissed an appeal to nominate Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal to be Amnesty's Board Member. Amnesty will file a lawsuit, but the student activist fears that when he get the position back, his term will already be over. </p>
By Amnesty International |
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<div>October has brought a mood of mourning to Thailand as the late King Bhumibol's cremation approaches. But October has long brought memories of loss for Thai society, ever since the bloody 6 October massacre 41 years ago. </div>
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<div>In the early morning of 6 October 1976, right-wing groups massacred students at Thammasat University who had gathered to protest the return to Thailand of a former military dictator ousted after the October 1973 protests.
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<div>The Interior Minister’s permission for a Red Bull company to build a reservoir on the site of a community forest has run into protests. </div>
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<div>On 8 September 2017, the Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Watchdog.ACT/posts/1632784810086915">Watchdog Act</a> published Interior Ministry documents on a request from KTD Property Development Limited to use over 12 acres of Huai Mek community forest in Khon Kaen Province.
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<div>The latest order by the junta replaces elected local councillors with appointed government officials and gives the junta head the power to directly dismiss ‘corrupt’ councillors. This will allow the junta to take total control of local administrative organizations across the country within four years. </div>
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<div>On Thursday, 5 May 2016, the Royal Gazette <a href="http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2559/E/102/13.PDF">published</a> NCPO Order No. 22/2016 on the selection of local administration councillor.
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