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TRIAL OF CHIRANUCH PREMCHAIPORN RESUMES FEBRUARY 14, 15, 16, 2011. WE NEED YOU! It has been over a year for Chiranuch Premchaiporn’s trial for alleged violation of Computer Crimes Act continues. From February 2011 until today, three rounds of testimony were scheduled. Next week will be the last thre ...

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[ FACT comments: We wish all sons could be like Panitan. His father must be proud. (Ask Chalerm!) At great expence and human suffering, govt is requiring evidence to be given against Somyot in the provinces where his accusers are registered, even though all of them live and work in the capital! No d ...

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Free Thammasat Group for Democracy: February 6, 2012 http://www.prachatai3.info/english/node/3038 Update: Panitan will go on a hunger strike for 112 hours at the Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek Rd on Saturday 11, starting from 4pm. Panitan Prueksakasemsuk, the son of well-known labour activist Somyo ...

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[ FACT comments: This is what happens when someone has courage to fight!] Prachatai: February 11, 2012 http://www.prachatai3.info/english/node/3049 On10 Feb, 19-year-old first-year Thammasat student Kan Thoop (her cyber nickname) learned from reporters that police at Bang Khen Police Station had ind ...

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[ FACT comments: See how ridiculous this sounds when it’s about somebody else’s king? This is how we look to others!] Morocco: Busted for Posting Caricatures of the King on Facebook Hisham Almiraat Global Voices: February 8, 2012 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/02/08/morocco-busted-for-posting-ca ...

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International scholars call for reform of Thailand’s lese majeste law Miriam Wong Deutsche Welle: February 3, 2012 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15716203,00.html Foreign scholars, including Noam Chomsky, have urged the Thai government to revise the world’s toughest lese majeste law on the “La ...

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[ CJ Hinke of FACT comments: I have known Maestro Somtow for more than two decades. His interests are music and books. We have never once discussed politics. That such a valuable asset to Thailand feels compelled to speak out should be sobering to us all.] Thailand • Irony Piles Up Somtow Sucharitku ...

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[ FACT comments: This is way closer to the line than we’d ever stray! And in the hyper-Royalist daily, Manager, no less!] Pearl 2Bangkok: February 10, 2012 http://2bangkok.com/you-must-take-an-oath-to-protect-the-constitution-first.html From Manager, January 26, 2012 Worajate: You must take an oath ...

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[ FACT comments: We have been hearing the hyper-Royalist political parties referred to as “falangists”. We thought FACT readers would be interested in knowing the historical roots of the Spanish Falange through these excerpts from Wikipedia. We have interpolated similarities to Thailand’s current po ...

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Nirmal Ghosh on unquiet memories Nirmal Ghosh Straits Times: February 9th, 2012 http://blogs.straitstimes.com/2012/02/09/ghosts-of-a-massacre/ Sitting under the broad ficus tree at Thammasat University’s campus in historic Bangkok, it is difficult to imagine the stomach-churning violence that engulf ...

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