Thailand: Stop Spiral Of Political Violence, Says HRW
By Eurasia ReviewProtest leaders in Thailand should immediately end their campaign to obstruct voting in Bangkok and elsewhere in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. The Thai authorities should...
View ArticleThailand, Ukraine, Belgium And Egypt: On The Way Secession, Any Alternative?...
By Keith K C HuiDemocratic election has been downgraded to a simple arithmetic head count game in Thailand, Ukraine, Belgium and Egypt (the TUBE states) and is no longer a peaceful and meaningful...
View ArticlePolls Open In Troubled Thai Election, Protesters Prevent Voting At 10% Of...
By VORVoting began Sunday in Thailand’s troubled election but anti-government protesters forced the closure of more than 10 percent of polling stations nationwide, an Election Commission official said....
View ArticleThailand: Nation Remains Lost After Elections
By MISNAThailand’s elections took place without the feared violence , aside from tension around some electoral centers and polling stations. The block of the vote declared by the protest front worked...
View ArticleInside Lumpini Park: Thai Anti-Govt Protesters Vow To Stay The Course – OpEd
By Asian Correspondent By Casey Hynes One month ago, 65-year-old Burana Somchai made the long trip from his hometown of Ubon Ratchathani to Bangkok. He set up camp in Lumpini Park and joined his fellow...
View ArticleThailand: Premier Has Two Weeks To Avoid Impeachment
By MISNA Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday gave Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra another 15 days to defend herself against charges of negligence over a rice subsidy...
View ArticleThailand: Don’t Forcibly Return Uighurs To China, Says HRW
By Eurasia Review The government of Thailand should ensure that a group of 220 ethnic Uighurs are not forcibly returned to China and have urgent access to refugee status determination proceedings by...
View ArticleAnimism Is Alive And Well In South-East Asia: What Can We Learn? – Analysis
The visit of ‘Raja Bomoh Sedunia’ to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) last week to ‘assist’ in the search for the missing flight MH370 caused sniggers by many Malaysians and was ridiculed by...
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Assessing Truong Tan Sang’s Visit To Japan – Analysis
The President of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang visited Japan from 16 to 19 March 2014. This was the latest in Vietnam’s foreign policy activism with a view to deepen diplomatic relations with the outside...
View ArticleThailand: More Uighurs Face Forced Return To China
The government of Thailand should ensure that 112 newly detained people believed to be ethnic Uighurs are not forcibly returned to China, Human Rights Watch said today. Thai authorities detained the...
View ArticleThailand: Election Ruled Void By Constitutional Court
Thailand’s February 2 elections have been ruled invalid by the Thai Constitutional Court. In a ruling of six votes to three the court decided the elections had been unconstitutional as they had not...
View ArticleThailand: Separatists Targeting Teachers In South, Says HRW
Separatist insurgents in Thailand’s southern border provinces should immediately end attacks on teachers and other civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. Since January 2014, insurgents have killed...
View ArticleWater-Energy Nexus Reaches Crisis Level In Asia – Analysis
By Parameswaran Ponnudurai A coal-linked project in China’s dry Inner Mongolia region has caused a local water table to plunge and a local lake to shrink. In neighboring India, a thermal power plant...
View ArticleSouth China Sea Cooperation: We Should Not Wait For Another Disaster – Analysis
Cooperation between the littoral states in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 in the South China Sea has prompted calls for more joint activities amongst them. The South China Sea Workshop...
View ArticleJournalists In Thai Navy Defamation Case ‘Disappointed’ In Reuters’ Response...
By Casey Hynes Two Phuketwan journalists were charged today with defaming the Thai Navy, and face seven years in prison and a $3,000 fine if convicted. A Thai Navy captain brought charges against Alan...
View ArticleThai Army Declares Martial Law, Claims Not A Coup
By Ron Corben Thailand’s Army Chief has declared martial law following months of political turmoil, but insists he is not seizing power through a military coup. In the capital, Bangkok, troops moved in...
View ArticleThailand: Ten TV Stations Intervened In After Martial Law Declared
Reporters Without Borders condemn Tuesday the forced closure or military intervention in at least ten TV stations in the capital after martial law was declared today. Soldiers stormed into MV5, DNN,...
View ArticleThai Crisis: What Next After Martial Law? – Analysis
The martial law just declared by Thailand’s military has brought the country’s political crisis to a crossroads. Will a military coup resolve the current impasse once and for all, or will it only serve...
View ArticleThailand: Media Censorship Facilitates Thai Military Coup
After the failure of talks between the opposing political factions, the Thai army announced in a nationally televised message yesterday that it was taking control of the government “in order for the...
View ArticleThailand Declares Military Coup
Thailand’s armed forces declared a military coup today at 5:00p.m local time. This move ends the administration headed by the interim Prime Minister Nitthamronrong Boonsongpaisan, in office since May...
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