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Thailand: Authorities Silence ‘Red Shirt’ Community Radios Date:28/04/2011 'The Thai government has shut down community radio stations associated with the anti-government Red Shirt movement...
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Thursday, 28 April 2011Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand: Blogger Gets 10 Years for Insulting MonarchyDate:06/04/2009 Suwicha Thakhor's nightmare in a Thai jail is set to continue after a court delivered a harsh verdict this week that contained an unequivocal message ? the Internet in this country is being policed with the aim of limiting free expression...
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Monday, 6 April 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand: Censorship lifted on some websitesDate:28/04/2009 The information and communication ministry asked Internet Service Providers on 24 April to lift the censorship on 72 news websites operated by the government's Red Shirt opponents...
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Tuesday, 28 April 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand: criminalising dissentDate:26/01/2009 The crackdown on lèse majesté is intensifying as politics becomes polarised around the monarchy, says Sinfah Tunsarawuth...
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Monday, 26 January 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand: Father of three gets 10-year prison term for emailing material offensive to Thai royaltyDate:08/04/2009 In a development described by media observers as having a chilling effect on the online community in Thailand, the Criminal Court sentenced a 34-year-old engineer, Suwicha Takor, to 10 years imprisonment for violating the Constitution, the Criminal Code and the Computer Related Crime Law...
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Wednesday, 8 April 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
THAILAND: Local newspaper editor gunned down, fourth death this yearDate:07/10/2008 Editor-in-chief of ‘Den Siam’, Wallop Bounsampop, was murdered in Chonburi province on 5 October 2008 in what was the fourth murder of a journalist in Thailand since the start of the year...
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Tuesday, 7 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
THAILAND: Our country's media freedom: myth and realityDate:11/03/2009 Last Friday Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was speaking eloquently in front of three dozen Asian editors and publishers about his efforts to bring back Thailands reputation as a land of free media...
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Wednesday, 11 March 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
THAILAND: PM committed to media freedomDate:09/03/2009 Determined to reclaim Thailands position as a country that values press freedom the most in Asia, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has vowed to push for laws that provide the media the needed protection to perform its functions of serving the public...
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Monday, 9 March 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand: Radio host forced to resign for interviewing exiled former premierDate:16/09/2009 Reporters Without Borders is today publishing Thai radio show host Jom Petpradab’s account of the harassment to which he was subjected after interviewing former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who lives in exile in Dubai...
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand: Report on Defamation LawDate:31/07/2009 ARTICLE 19 and the National Press Council of Thailand (NPCT) have jointly launched a Report, the Impact of Defamation Law on Freedom of Expression in Thailand...
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Friday, 31 July 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand: Reverse backward slide in freedom of expressionDate:14/01/2010 Thailand should reverse its recent backward slide in respect for freedom of expression, as illustrated by the sharp increase over the past ten months in cases under the lese majeste law...
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Thursday, 14 January 2010Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
THAILAND: Samak Sundaravej jailed for two years.Date:26/09/2008 The Court of Appeals in Thailand has upheld the defamation jail terms for former prime minister Samak Sundaravaj, stating that he and the former senator showed no remorse...
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Friday, 26 September 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand: Thai court jails Thaksin supporter for royal insultDate:28/08/2009 A Thai court on Friday sentenced a political campaigner to 18 years in prison for insulting the monarchy, the latest in a slew of lese-majeste cases critics say are stifling dissent and freedom of speech...
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Friday, 28 August 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thai arrest over 'royal insult'Date:07/11/2008 One of Thailands best-known social activists has been arrested on charges of insulting the monarchy...
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Friday, 7 November 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thai court dismisses Tesco libel case against former MPDate:19/06/2009 Thai court has dismissed a law suit filed by Tesco against a former MP, Jit Siratranont, for making comments that the supermarket giant's expansion was at the expense of small retailers...
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Friday, 19 June 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thai government moves to suppress mediaDate:24/04/2009 Following the anti-government protests, the Thai government has begun to crack down on the opposition media...
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Friday, 24 April 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thai government wants prior restraint on community radio programs and satellite, cable TV stationsDate:15/05/2009 The Thai government announced on 14 May 2009 its plan to regulate the program content of radio stations and satellite TV stations in the country, media reports said...
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Friday, 15 May 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thai journalist settles Tesco libel caseDate:28/11/2008 A Thai business columnist sued for libel damages of £1...
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Friday, 28 November 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thai media caught yet again in political crossfireDate:15/04/2009 Thai media found themselves caught in the middle of the political turmoil that has been gripping the country since last week, media reports said...
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thai protesters attack three broadcast journalists covering rallyDate:09/04/2009 Three Thai broadcast journalists were attacked in three separate incidents by opposition demonstrators dubbed as the Red Shirts, during a massive protest rally in Bangkok meant as a final bid to pressure the government of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and the King's close aides to resign...
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Thursday, 9 April 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thai webmaster on trial in free speech test caseDate:04/02/2011 The head of a popular Thai political website went on trial today, charged with violating the country's tough internet laws in a case seen as a bellwether for freedom of expression in the politically troubled nation...
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Friday, 4 February 2011Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thai webmaster on trial in free speech test caseDate:07/02/2011 Prachatai website manager faces up to 20 years' jail for failing to remove offending comments posted by readers...
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Monday, 7 February 2011Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand Blocks 2, 300 Web Sites It Says Insult King Bhumibol Date:06/01/2009 Thailand has blocked 2, 300 Web sites it says insult King Bhumibol Adulyadej and is establishing a war room for future crackdowns, actions critics say threaten free speech...
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Tuesday, 6 January 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand blocks news conference on Vietnam's human rights record, drawing criticismDate:13/09/2010 BANGKOK ; The Thai government blocked a planned news conference Monday on Vietnamese human rights because it feared the disclosures might insult the neighbouring country...
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Monday, 13 September 2010Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand blocks news conference on Vietnam's human rights record, drawing criticismDate:14/09/2010 BANGKOK ; The Thai government blocked a planned news conference Monday on Vietnamese human rights because it feared the disclosures might insult the neighbouring country...
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand's draconian lese-majesty law is a blunt instrument that Thais can too easily turn on foreigners – and each otherDate:23/01/2009 Australian writer Harry Nicolaides has been sentenced to three years in a Thai prison for writing a novel that practically nobody has read...
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Friday, 23 January 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Writer jailed for Thai 'insult'Date:19/01/2009 Australian writer Harry Nicolaides has been sentenced to three years in jail for insulting the monarchy...
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Monday, 19 January 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Case study from Regional Trial Observation TrainingDate:09/10/2008 This case study sets out the background to a mock case involving charges being laid against a journalist for her comments about the judiciary and the head of state...
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Thursday, 9 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Case study - trial observation training (Thai)Date:09/10/2008 This case study was used in the Regional Trial Observation Training held in Bangkok in July 2008 with the support of the Open Society Institute...
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Thursday, 9 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
IBAHRI Trial Observer Guidelines (Thai)Date:09/10/2008 These are the guidelines for conducting trial observations on behalf of the IBAHRI...
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Thursday, 9 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand: Concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee 08/07/2005. Date:27/10/2008 Consideration of reports submitted by states parties under article 40 of the covenent: concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee onThailand...
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Monday, 27 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand: freedom of expression and the mediaDate:28/10/2008 An Article 19 report on freedom of expression and the media in Thailand...
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Tuesday, 28 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
FACT - Freedom Against Censorship ThailandDate:28/04/2009 FREEDOM AGAINST CENSORSHIP THAILAND (FACT) is a network of people who disagree with state censorship...
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Tuesday, 28 April 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Thailand: Impact of Defamation Law on Freedom of Expression in ThailandDate:31/07/2009 ARTICLE 19 and the National Press Council of Thailand (NPCT) have jointly launched a Report, the Impact of Defamation Law on Freedom of Expression in Thailand...
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Friday, 31 July 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
ThailandDate:24/10/2008 Domestic, regional and international obligations related to freedom of expression in Thailand…
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Friday, 24 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
THAILAND: Criminalization of free speech ahead of electionDate:03/06/2011 In May 2011, the government of Thailand announced that the country would go to a national election on July 3…
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Friday, 3 June 2011Last Modified:
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
UN expert urges Thailand to amend royal insult lawsDate: 11 October 2011 "GENEVA, October 10, 2011 - A UN expert on Monday urged Thailand to amend its controversial lese majeste laws, saying a recent increase in legal cases highlights the urgent need for reforms...
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Monday, 10 October 2011Last Modified:
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Thai royal insult law may have been misusedDate: 14 October 2011 " Thailand on Thursday accepted its controversial royal insult laws may have been misused and could "inadvertently" have affected freedom of expression...
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Friday, 14 October 2011Last Modified:
Friday, 14 October 2011
Thailand backs Twitter censorship policy Date: 31 January 2012 "Authorities in Thailand have become the first to welcome a controversial new censorship policy introduced by Twitter, announcing they will work with...
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012Last Modified:
Tuesday, 31 January 2012