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Re: Protests update
Ex-Thai Leaders Raise Pressure on Ruling Junta
February 10, 2016, By Dow Jones
BANGKOKтАФSince Thailand's army ousted Yingluck Shinawatra's government from office, the former leader has largely kept a low profile, visiting temples and rarely talking about prosecutors' charge that she wasted billions of dollars subsidizing rice farmers.
Read more: http://www.nasdaq.com/article/exthai-le ... z40O5oYpAt
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Charges against Abhisit, Suthep over 2010 military crackdown dismissed
Submitted by editor2 on Wed, 17/02/2016
The Appeal Court has dismissed murder charges against Abhisit Vejjajiva, former Prime Minister, and Suthep Thaugsuban, his former deputy, over ordering the violent military crackdown on the anti-establishment red-shirt protesters during the April-May 2010 political violence.... (read more).... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5869
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17 February 2016
Though None May Listen, Law Experts Go Through Democratic Motions on Charter
By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer
BANGKOK тАФ A dozen men and women stoically push on, deliberating what should be amended in nearly every article of law proposed for the kingdomтАЩs future. While they could almost be mistaken for members of the junta-appointed Constitution Drafting Committee, they are not.
WhatтАЩs more, these shadow framers, whoтАЩve labored over proposals to improve the proposed constitution before it goes to voters in July, are all but resigned to the fact their recommendations will be ignored by the committeeтАЩs real framers. Yet they go on.... (read more)..... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 1455699100
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Thailand's Relapse: The Implications of the May 2014 coup
Claudio Sopranzetti
https://www.academia.edu/22063622/Thail ... _2014_coup
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An Open Letter to the President of the United States
Posted on February 14, 2016 By Prachuab Charoensuk
RE: ThailandтАЩs human rights abuses
My name is Prachuab Charoensuk. I am a naturalized US citizen, born in Thailand. I am one of the founding members and Executive Director in charge of International Affairs Department of RED-USA, a human rights organization advocating.... (read more)..... http://www.asiasentinel.com/politics/op ... height=167
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Re: Protests update
18 February 2016
Court Dismisses Treason Case Against Junta
By Pravit Rojanaphruk
Senior Staff Writer
BANGKOK тАФ The Appeals Court this morning threw out a lawsuit filed by 15 people accusing those behind the May 2014 coup of treason.
Human rights lawyer Anond Nampa, one of the 15 plaintiffs, said that in dismissing the case, the court cited Article 48 of the juntaтАЩs provisional constitution granting itself and its members amnesty..... (read more)...... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 1455783764
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What the juntaтАЩs proposed constitution means for ThailandтАЩs future
by Alistair Denness | 19th February 2016
CHATURON CHAISAENG, ThailandтАЩs former education minister, summed up the feelings of both Thai citizens and international observers with his prediction that the latest constitution draft will тАЬlead the country to a dead endтАЭ. Obviously, as someone who was forced out from his position of power by the incumbent regime, such a sentiment is to be expected..... (read more)..... https://asiancorrespondent.com/2016/02/ ... ds-future/
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CNN Exclusive: Ex-Thai Prime Minister speaks out (VIDEO)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=you ... LuImor3kgQ)
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`3-5 yrs of special rule neededтАЩ
KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE NATION February 20, 2016
PRIME Minister's Office Minister Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana refuted claims yesterday that the government is trying to preserve its power via a mechanism to assist transition to a new administration - but insisted that the country should be under "extraordinary rule" for three to five years.
A Cabinet proposal on the new charter to the Constitution Drafting Commission unveiled on Thursday included a special set of rules for the transitional period in a bid to avoid political turmoil...... (read more)..... http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politic ... 79740.html
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Re: Protests update
Pravit Rojanaphruk
19 February 2016, Last update at 17:07:00 GMT
Citizens Should Resist Online Censorship, Advocates Say
BANGKOK тАФ Citizens have a duty to not buy into state propaganda, be critical of the powers that be and resist censorship, anti-coup activist Sombat Boonngamanong said at a symposium yesterday.
Sombat was among five speakers invited to speak Thursday on the topic of online censorship by the Thammasat Student Union at the Pridi Banomyong lawn on the Tha Prachan campus....... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... section=11