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Land of Smiles - and Grimaces
Marwaan Macan-Markar, Inter Press Service
2011-12-27 08:24
 

BANGKOK, Dec 24, 2011 (IPS) - The ‘Land of Smiles’ attracts some 14 million tourists annually to its tranquil beaches and glistening temples. But to many Thais, their country is becoming one of grimaces, thanks to its draconian lese-majeste (LM) law.

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Debate on Monarchy Tests Academic Freedom
Marwaan Macan-Markar
2011-04-30 08:18
 

BANGKOK, Apr 28, 2011 (IPS) - History professor Somsak Jeamteerasakul has weathered a storm of insults since mid-December for doing the forbidden: he offered an alternative assessment of the most dominant institution in the country, its monarchy, in a forum at his university. Now military officials are dropping hints he could face more than just verbal attacks.

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In Convoys of Red, Rural Masses Stage Historic Protest
Marwaan Macan-Markar, IPS
2010-03-15 08:59
 

BANGKOK, Mar 14, 2010 (IPS) - An unprecedented show of force by men and women from Thailand’s rural hinterland was on display over the weekend as they poured into Bangkok in the tens of thousands to stake a claim on having a voice in shaping this South-east Asian kingdom’s national agenda.

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Pressure to drop event denied; FCCT chief denies govt behind U-turn on red-shirt symposium
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation
2010-01-11 09:16
 

Marwaan Macan-Markar, president of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, has denied being forced by the government to withdraw permission for the red shirts to hold a symposium at the clubhouse.

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THAILAND: Lese Majeste Law Tests Mettle of Human Rights Groups
Marwaan Macan-Markar, IPS
2009-09-05 10:43
 

BANGKOK, Aug 31 (IPS) - Thailand’s draconian lese majeste law is steadily emerging as a testing ground for the principles that renowned international human rights lobbies stand for.

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