By Prachatai |
Concerns have been raised over public media independence amid fears of political interference after a ruling Bhumjaithai Party MP proposed replacing Thai PBS’s funding from sin taxes with the annual state budget.
By Prachatai |
Pictures of oil-like scum on floodwater in Prachinburi have led to concerns of toxic contamination from industrial waste dumping sites in the area.
By Prachatai |
The October 6 Memorial Network went to Parliament yesterday (1 October) to file petitions calling on the Pheu Thai and Democrat parties to back the repeal of an order made following the military coup of 1976 which increased the penalty for royal defamation.
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By Raviwan Rakthinkamnerd |
This report examines the Thai military’s operations on the digital battlefield during the two rounds of heavy fighting through web-scraped data collected from social media communications and hashtag usage. The analysis covers 6,404 posts published between July 12, 2025 and January 2026 by the official Facebook pages of the Royal Thai Army, the Royal Thai Navy, and the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters—the three military institutions that were most active during the clashes.—as well as a number of unofficial pages.
By Sasitorn Aksornwilai |
It has become clear that the Thailand-Cambodia maritime demarcation dispute will be subject to an international mechanism as Cambodia has recently invoked UN-backed compulsory conciliation in response to Thailand’s unilateral cancellation of a 25-year-old maritime MoU. Here’s all you need to know about the long-standing maritime dispute and the compulsory conciliation process.
By Prachatai |
Military conscription law in Cambodia has once again come under global media attention after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet stated that the Cabinet had approved a draft conscription law at the Peace Palace on 23 April 2026. All Cambodian citizens aged 18–25 will be required to serve in the military, while women may be recruited on a voluntary basis under the new law. A Thai activist calls it a threat to democracy.
By Prachatai |
A Cabinet-approved expedited programme has helped hundreds of thousands of long-term migrants and their children obtain permanent residence and Thai nationality, but documentation problems, administrative gaps, and implementation challenges continue to limit their access to rights.
By Sorawut Wongsaranon |
The cases concerning the crackdown on the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the Red Shirt protests in April–May 2010, have now reached their 16th year. In the 12 years since the military coup by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), the cases have stagnated with no progress and only four years now remain before they expire.
By Prachatai |
Thailand and Cambodia have held the first compulsory conciliation meeting over their maritime dispute in the Gulf of Thailand. Their opening statements offered key clues about how each side frames the dispute and what they may seek from the process.
The first three-day session (14-16 September) of compulsory conciliation under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) between the two countries was held in Singapore, with Cambodia and Thailand exchanging opening statements on 15 September.
By Sheikh Mehzabin Chitra |
Human rights organizations have urged Thailand to immediately halt the possible deportation of Chinese dissidents currently detained in Bangkok, warning that returning them to China would violate the international principle of non-refoulement and expose them to a serious risk of persecution, arbitrary detention, torture, and enforced disappearance.
By Sheikh Mehzabin Chitra |
As Thailand prepares for its next Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights Council in November 2026, human rights advocates warn that the country continues to rely on legal ambiguities and weak enforcement mechanisms that leave refugees vulnerable to arbitrary detention, torture, and forced return despite existing legal safeguards.
By Sheikh Mehzabin Chitra |
Indigenous communities and. environmental defenders in Thailand are demanding action against worsening water contamination in the Kok River and other tributaries of the Mekong, which resulted from mining activities in Myanmar.
By Tara Abhasakun |
The student right group Bad Student has taken its fight to a new battlegroud: theatre. Last year, it staged Ribbon Club the Musical, using theatre to question the treatment of students in Thai schools.
By Prachatai |
Military conscription law in Cambodia has once again come under global media attention after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet stated that the Cabinet had approved a draft conscription law at the Peace Palace on 23 April 2026. All Cambodian citizens aged 18–25 will be required to serve in the military, while women may be recruited on a voluntary basis under the new law. A Thai activist calls it a threat to democracy.
By Zoe Chiang |
Nearly fifty years on, the 6 October 1976 Thammasat University Massacre is no longer a denied chapter of history. Commemoration events have expended since the 2020 youth movement, but even as the silence is broken, accountability remains to be found.
By Don Pathan |
The recent wave of attacks in Thailand's far South highlights the two decades of mistrust and stalled peace process between the government and the BRN. Delaying the talks to punish the BRN only means more attacks. At a minimum, a signed TOR on the reduction of violence would give the conflict some degree of predictability. Resuming talks with the BRN is not the only challenge, as the government's negotiator will also have to manage the military hardliners who have never liked the idea of negotiating with the BRN.
By Don Pathan |
Royal Thai Army Chief of Staff Gen Chaiyapruek Duangprapat, did not mince words. Visiting Narathiwat the day after six Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu Patani (BRN) combatants gunned down five Paramilitary Rangers at close range, he warned: “Those who provide hiding places, and any country that provides hiding places, should know that we will pursue them to the ends of the earth.” He told the perpetrators to watch their backs when they eat, sleep, or walk. “The time has come for you to become the hunted.”
By John Quinley III |
Two developments on opposite sides of the world, in Thailand and the United States, underscore a troubling reality: some governments continue to embrace the death penalty regardless of the global movement to abolish state-sanctioned killings.
By Human Rights Watch |
The Thai authorities should immediately take effective measures to protect the prominent members of parliament Angkhana Neelapaijit and Romadon Panjor and the human rights defender Anchana Heemmina, all of whom have been facing online death threats and attacks, Human Rights Watch said on Friday (31 July).
By Reporters Without Borders |
59 civil society organizations have signed a joint statement calling on the Thai authorities to refrain from forcibly returning Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong to China, where he would face a risk of political persecution, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture, and other serious human rights violations.
By Reporters Without Borders |
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Safeguard Defenders call on Thai authorities to refrain from deporting detained prominent Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong to China.
Many parents are told that the future will reward creativity, adaptability and confidence. That may be true, but it can make academic foundations sound almost old-fashioned. In Bangkok, schools such as Singapore Global International School reflect a different view: that modern education still needs strong structure, especially if children are expected to think independently later.
Prudence Foundation, in partnership with Plan International, today marked the successful conclusion of the Comprehensive School Safety (CSS) Project with the official handover of the CSS Learning Platform (www.thaicssplatform)
