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Thai children ‘face jail time’ after protest arrests: Amnesty

A 14-year-old charged with insulting the king. A 13-year-old physically dragged out of a restaurant by police officers. A 17-year-old shot with rubber bullets and beaten. These are among the stories revealed in a new report from Amnesty International, which documents alleged human rights violations in connection to children participating in Thailand’s long-running protests and was released on Wednesday. Sainam, who had previously been shot with rubber-coated bullets, was a […]

today8 February 2023

International

Grief and shock in Thailand after mass killing of ‘tiny angels’

Thais have turned to social media to mourn as 4.7 million people sent posts under a commemorative hashtag on Friday. Grief and anger have engulfed Thailand a day after the mass killing of children and adults at a preschool daycare centre by a former Thai police officer who went on a rampage of stabbing and shooting before he shot his wife, child, and himself. The country reeled as details of Thursday’s […]

today7 October 2022

News

Mom who abducted three children to CPT in SA told to have them back in Thailand by August 20

COMMUNITY A mother who abducted her three children from Thailand has until August 20 to send them back after the Supreme Court of Appeal rejected her last-ditch bid to keep them in Cape Town. The SA woman has spent two years trying to keep her 12-year-old daughter and 8-year-old twins — a boy and a girl — away from their British father, who lives in Thailand. In July 2019, a […]

today7 August 2021

International News

Thailand urges calm after death of Covid-19 vaccine recipient

Thai health officials rushed to calm public fears on Friday after confirming a man had died 10 days after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine earlier this month. The cause of death was from an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and rupture, senior health official Sopon Mekton said, adding the country's vaccination campaign would continue. The man was inoculated on March 3 and died on March 13. "I am confident this death is […]

today27 March 2021

International News

Thailand revives lese majeste ahead of rally over royal fortune

Police in Thailand have summoned leaders of the months-long anti-government protests to face charges of insulting the monarchy and cordoned off parts of Bangkok, ahead of a planned demonstration to demand that the king give up control of the royal fortune. It will be the first time such charges have been brought under so-called lese majeste laws which cover insults to the royal family in more than two years. Anyone […]

today25 November 2020

Local

Cape mother agrees to take children to Thailand following court ruling

In a last-ditch attempt to remain with her children, a Cape Town mom has agreed to move with them after the court ruled that Thailand was their habitual place of residence. The woman, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of her children, has been fighting in court to remain in South Africa and not go back to Thailand where her ex-husband, the children’s father, resides. When […]

today8 November 2020

International News

Thailand withdraws Bangkok emergency decree after protests swell

Thailand on Thursday rolled back a “severe emergency,” a decree that was introduced last week to end months of protests against the government and monarchy but served only to inflame anger and bring tens of thousands of people onto the streets. A government statement published in the official Royal Gazette said that as of 12pm (05:00 GMT) the emergency measures, including a ban on political gatherings of five or more […]

today22 October 2020

International News

Thailand shuts down online TV channel, as protests continue

Thai protesters raised three-finger salutes to the national anthem at public places across Bangkok on Tuesday as anti-government rallies continued and the government ordered an online TV channel to close over its coverage of the demonstrations. The authorities imposed emergency measures banning gatherings of more than four people last Thursday amid growing protests against the government and monarchy. But protests have only grown despite a crackdown in which dozens have […]

today21 October 2020

International News

Thai demonstrators challenge monarchy as protests escalate

Openly challenging the rule of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, thousands of protesters have marched in Bangkok for the second straight day to present demands that include a call for reforms to curb his powers. Protesters have grown bolder during two months of demonstrations calling for reform of the monarchy, as well as for the removal of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, a former military government leader, and a new constitution and […]

today20 September 2020

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