Tag: anti-dictatorship
INDIA: Advocate Manjeet Kaur Matani has emerged as a social and legal activist in Maharashtra whose work has focused on issues involving vulnerable communities, women's rights, rehabilitation and access to employment. Her journey from a farming...
INDIA: A recent BRICS roundtable on digital assets and tokenisation examined how emerging financial technologies could reshape cross-border payments, settlement and capital markets. Among the central themes was a question that extends beyond the development of...
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A Facebook Group Discussing Monarchy Was Blocked, Then Returns
THAILAND. After the Thai government pressured Facebook into taking down illegal content, a controversial group discussing monarchy with over a million members, “Royalist Marketplace,”...
True Democracy: A Shared Goal Among People From Across Thailand
THAILAND. Bangkok. “Dictatorship shall fall, democracy shall rise,” a phrase over 15,000 pro-democracy demonstrators chanted throughout an anti-government rally at Democracy Monument on 16...
University Ban Did Not Stop Students From Exercising Their Political Rights
THAILAND. Bangkok. Despite the inclement weather and the ban from Chulalongkorn University (CU), students led the public on 14 Aug to protest against the...
Not Just A Reform, But A Revolution: Thais Go Beyond Protesting The Government
THAILAND. Pathum Thani. After student-led protesters called for a monarchy reform by outlining 10 demands to co-exist with the democratic system and monarchy institution,...
Two Key Protesters Arrested, Released On Bail While 31 More Are Targeted
THAILAND. Bangkok. In a democratic country, citizens are free to express their dissents, but in a democratic country under a military-drafted constitution, things are...
Democracy And Gender Equality For LGBT Community
THAILAND. Bangkok. Thai LGBT activists led a protest of all ages and genders in demanding the government to step down, echoing Free Youth’s protest...
New Approaches To Anti-Government Protests
THAILAND. Bangkok. Youth in Thailand organized anti-government protests with new approaches including a Japanese-anime-inspired recital, eating McDonald’s and pomelos, all despite obstructions from officials.
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