Thailand

In Cambodia, a farmer cuts sugar cane

Cambodian villagers challenge sugar giant in Thai court

25 October 2022 by Christine Chaumeau

Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol, accused of forced displacement, property destruction and land grabbing, is being sued by Cambodian villagers in a class action suit before the Thai courts. This is a David and Goliath battle that is als [...]

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Thai general among officials jailed for human trafficking

19 July 2017 by AFP

A Thai general, police officers and local politicians were among dozens jailed for human trafficking on Wednesday, many handed decades-long sentences, at a mass trial exposing official complicity in the grim trade in Rohingya and [...]

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Amnesty attacks Thai junta ban on online contact with dissidents

13 April 2017 by AFP

Amnesty International has slammed an unprecedented ban by Thailand's junta on using the internet to communicate with three trenchant critics of the monarchy, saying authorities had hit new lows in curbing free speech. The new orde [...]