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About-face on marijuana legalization leaves Thai pot lovers with hazy future
The Washington Times· 3 hours agoPerhaps the path to legal pot — in a country with a global reputation for the quality and potency of...
Young Thai activist’s death in detention after 65-day hunger strike sparks calls for justice reform...
KION 46 Salinas· 3 days agoNetiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom, 28, died after suffering a “sudden cardiac arrest,” Thailand’s...
Detained Thai Activist ‘Bung’ Dies at 28
Time via AOL· 3 days ago“Sadly, [Netiporn’s] demands were met with silence by the Thai government and judiciary,” he added. “No improvement in terms of respect for fundamental...
Thai Cannabis Groups Rally Against Plan to Relist Plant as Drug
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 2 days ago(Bloomberg) -- Cannabis advocacy groups in Thailand urged the government to reconsider a plan to...
Thailand: Chronic Critics Succeeding
Strategy Page· 2 days agoDecember 16, 2020: Despite covid19 and the related recession there is still widespread willingness to risk injury and arrest to protest the continued military control over ...
Anti-Monarchy Activist in Thailand Dies After Hunger Strike
New York Times· 3 days agoNetiporn Sanesangkhom, 28, supported abolishing the law that prohibits criticizing royalty and...
Thailand: The Constants
Strategy Page· 8 hours agoThis will be the last regular update for Thailand. This unseemly soap opera went into high gear during mid-2019 when the new (since 2016) king did something unusual, he conducted a ceremony ...
‘The Infernal Machine’ Review: The Language of Violence
The Wall Street Journal· 6 hours agoSpurred by the rise of Osama bin Laden and a new wave of Islamic terrorists in the 1990s, the last...
Thailand: State-Backed Digital Violence Used to Silence Women and LGBTI Activists
Amnesty International· 3 days agoWomen and LGBTI activists in Thailand are being subjected to an online onslaught of abusive speech...
