PM, Bhumjaithai ministers accused of involvement in alleged senatorial rigging conspiracy
‘ By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul and several other members of his cabinet were yesterday (July 21) publicly accused of clandestine, unlawful involvement in the alleged rigging of 2024’s senatorial election now that the Election Commission has been repeatedly taken to task for dragging their feet on the notorious issue. Yingcheep Atchanont, […]
Read MoreThai parliament approves amnesty for hundreds of activists
By AFP and published by CNA THAILAND’S parliament passed an amnesty bill on Wednesday (July 8) benefitting hundreds of activists found guilty over the last 20 years, but not those sentenced for corruption or violating the royal insult law. The bill covers members of both the conservative, royalist “Yellow Shirts” and the “Red Shirts” […]
Read MoreThree-finger activists acquitted of lese majeste, mass seduction charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A SPLINTER group of adolescent, three-finger-raising activists were today (July 6) exonerated by court of lese majeste and mass seduction charges in regard to a questionnaire which they had evidently conducted in regard to royal motorcades running on Bangkok’s congested streets four years ago. The Bangkok Criminal Court waived a […]
Read MoreThaksin accused of buying his way to power, privilege
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra was today (Dec. 18) accused of buying his way to power and privilege with his money since he returned home from self-exile abroad last year. Former leading Red Shirt and Yellow Shirt activists today submitted a joint petition to the National Anti-Corruption Commission […]
Read MoreTwo pro-democracy activists bailed out in lese majeste case
THE Court of Appeals Region 3 today (Sep. 14) granted bail to two leading pro-democracy activists who were yesterday sentenced to jail in a lese majeste case stemming from speeches they gave at a rally in Phu Khieo district of Chaiyaphum province in 2012, Naewna newspaper said. Jatupat “Pai Dao Din” Boonpattararaksa and Atthaphon […]
Read MoreRoyal motorcade honker’s condition worsens after 9 days on hunger strike
ONE OF two activists who have been on hunger strike for nine days after being placed on an initial 12-day detention following their arrest for honking their car horn at a royal motorcade on Feb. 4 was rushed to Thammasat Hospital from the Corrections Department Hospital after her condition deteriorated, Amarin TV said this […]
Read MoreLawyers centre harassed, threatened after applying to bail out Tawan, Frank
THAI Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) said they had been harassed and threatened for the second day in a row today (Feb. 15) after having filed a request to bail out two activists arrested for honking their car horn at a royal motorcade and arguing with policemen on Feb. 4, Matichon newspaper said late […]
Read MoreTawan carried to police van after being arrested with Frank
DIN DAENG police had to carry Ms. Tantawan Tuatulanond, or Tawan, to a police vehicle in transferring her and her colleague, Mr. Natthanon Chaimahabud, or Frank, to Chalong Krung police station last night (Feb. 13) after being earlier arrested for honking their car horn at a royal motorcade and arguing with policemen on Feb. […]
Read MoreStop creating new monsters, don’t repeat October event: Rangsiman
WITH detractors now accusing Move Forward Party of being linked to the activists who honked a car horn at a royal motorcade on Feb. 4 because some members had been the bail bond agent for activists in the past, the party’s spokesman Rangsiman Rome urged the public to not create new monsters in the […]
Read MoreActivists threaten to pile pressure over Thaksin staying at hospital
ACTIVISTS gathered in front of the Government House to raise their objection to de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra staying at Police Hospital for 141st day today (Jan. 12) and threatened to escalate their rally if the government is unable to clarify this issue to the public, Naewna newspaper said. The gathering at […]
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