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5y ago
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Hippo manure
Political Prisoners of Thailand | Mirroring the real but often blocked PPT
by Political prisoners of thailand
5y ago
The Bangkok Post has a fluff story on all of the animals that have been removed from the Dusit zoo and how “happy” one hippo is. Perhaps the editor felt that people needed to know that 897 animals had been removed and resettled. Not a single one has died, been tortured, garroted and disemboweled or forcibly disappeared. We make this point because while the story explains that “the Zoological Park Organisation (ZPO), which falls under the auspices of the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King,” it tells  (necesary?) untruth when it states the “ZPO decided to close Dusit Zoo.” In a truthful sta ..read more
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Where are they? II
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by Political prisoners of thailand
5y ago
Regime and monarchy critics Chucheep Chivasut (known as Uncle Sanam Luang), Siam Theerawut, and Kritsana Tupthai have been forcibly disappeared, may have been detained incommunicado or may have been killed. No one seems to know. The junta has to come clean on their disappearance, whether that’s saying exactly where they are or bringing them before a court. In the meantime, readers may find two recent accounts useful. First, on the hunting down of exiled critics of the monarchy, see Pravit Rojanaphruk’s op-ed. Second, read Korakot Phiangjai’s excellent account of Siam’s life and wonder how it i ..read more
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Where are they? I
Political Prisoners of Thailand | Mirroring the real but often blocked PPT
by Political prisoners of thailand
5y ago
Regime and monarchy critics Chucheep Chivasut (known as Uncle Sanam Luang), Siam Theerawut, and Kritsana Tupthai have been forcibly disappeared. Prachatai reports that “both Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have expressed their concerns over the activists’ safety and called on the Thai government to disclose information about their whereabouts.” In Bangkok, parents of Siam Theerawut “visited government offices and diplomatic missions in Bangkok on Monday to seek information about his fate.” Like the other two, Siam seems to have been detained in Vietnam and deported to Thailand. Ho ..read more
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Thanathorn punished by the junta’s EC
Political Prisoners of Thailand | Mirroring the real but often blocked PPT
by Political prisoners of thailand
5y ago
For the junta’s puppet Election Commission, the 2019 election is far from over. For the next few months it is likely to seek to further slant the result in favor of the junta’s party and its allies. It will do this by disqualifying and banning MPs and perhaps will even seek to dissolve another party. In its most high-profile effort , as most readers will already know, the EC has sent its case against Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit to the Constitutional Court. According to its statement, the EC says it has found “sufficient evidence that Thanathorn … violated election regul ..read more
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The monarchy, military two-step
Political Prisoners of Thailand | Mirroring the real but often blocked PPT
by Political prisoners of thailand
5y ago
Since the Cold War era, the relationship between the military and monarchy has been close, with predominance see-sawing between the two pillars of Thai authoritarianism. Several times, the military has murdered and massacred in the name of the monarchy. The monarch appreciated their work. The monarchy has long danced with dictators. The current military dictatorship seized power to eject yet another pro-Thaksin Shinawatra party, in part to eradicate what it considered an unacceptable rise in republicanism. That republicanism was bred of the royal family’s support for royalist political movemen ..read more
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Another Federation link
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by Political prisoners of thailand
5y ago
The three missing activists, probably deported from Vietnam to Thailand on 8 May 2019, have been associated with the Organization for a Thai Federation. Readers may recall that back in about September 2018, several persons were arrested in Thailand for distributing black t-shits, claimed to be connected with the Organization, then said to be operating from Laos. At the time, Deputy Dictator Gen Prawit Wongsuwan claimed that these republicans had a network in Thailand. It seems that the regime has made a determined effort to track down the group in Laos and to destroy it. Thai Lawyers for Human ..read more
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Framing Thanathorn
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by Political prisoners of thailand
5y ago
They wrote their own constitution and ran a rigged referendum. They rigged the election (but did rather poorly). They corrupted all of the “independent” agencies. They stacked a Senate that now drips nepotism and corruption. They have used “law” more than any previous regime to cement their own position. Now, the military junta, acting as if their “election” was just a speed bump on their chosen path to “electoral authoritarianism,” have decided to manipulate law and frame Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Future Forward Party. Some might have read that on the very day he was releas ..read more
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Crony senate
Political Prisoners of Thailand | Mirroring the real but often blocked PPT
by Political prisoners of thailand
5y ago
As simply everyone expected, a Senate has been unveiled by the military junta that is packed full of junta supporters, backers and lackeys: Khaosod reports: “Military top brass and the junta’s inner circle dominate the full list of 250 appointed senators unveiled to the public on Monday, ending months of secrecy.” The Nation states: “Many of the newly appointed senators are from the ruling junta and people close to its key figures.” The Bangkok Post: “The Royal Gazette on Tuesday published an announcement on the royally-approved list of 250 senators, including 66 army generals…. The Senate lis ..read more
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