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Activists pressure opposition to do away with royal defamation law
by Elis Carterby Elis CarterThai activists are pressuring the opposition Pheu Thai Party to do away with the royal defamation law if elected to office this year. The requests come at a time when three demonstrators are seriously ill after…
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Activists urge Thailand’s opposition to scrap royal insult law if elected
by Eli Barkerby Eli BarkerPolitical activists met Thailand’s biggest opposition party on Tuesday (Jan 31) to demand that, if it wins in upcoming elections, it revoke a tough law that criminalises insults of the…
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Move Forward at crossroads already
by Cody Doyleby Cody DoyleThe latest statement by hardline politician Piyabutr Saengkanokkul provides the clearest evidence that one of Thailand’s newest political parties, which thrives on unorthodoxy and drastic reforms that border on extremism, has reached a soul-searching point probably in record…
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Pheu Thai campaign office rocked by ‘ping-pong bomb’
by Blake Brooksby Blake BrooksThe opposition Pheu Thai Party alerted police on Thursday (Feb 2) after a small handmade bomb was thrown at a campaign billboard erected outside its office in Bangkok’s Don Mueang…
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Election posters go up in Pattaya, months ahead of polls
by Blake Brooksby Blake BrooksThe date of the next national election hasn’t even been set, but campaign posters have started going up in Pattaya. The constitution requires the next polls by May, but they…