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Myanmar migrants found guilty of killing British backpackers

January 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yves Dam Van and Jocelyn Gecker Associated Press KOH SAMUI, Thailand (AP) — A Thai court on Dec. 24 sentenced two Myanmar migrants to death for the murder of two British backpackers on a resort island last year, in a case that raised questions about police competence and the judicial system in Thailand. Human […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, 2016, Asia, Associated Press, DNA, Foreign Office, Hannah Witheridge, Human Rights Watch, Jocelyn Gecker, Koh Samui, Koh Tao, Michael Miller, Myanmar, Nakhon Chompuchat, Phil Robertson, Porntip Rojanasunand, Thailand, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8, Wai Phyo, Win Zaw Htun, Zaw Lin

Cambodian opposition senator on trial over Facebook comments

October 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian opposition senator was denied bail and went on trial Friday over comments he posted on Facebook criticizing a 36-year-old border agreement with Vietnam. Hong Sok Hour faces up to 17 years in prison. His arrest on Aug. 15 was one of a series […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Asia, Associated Press, Brad Adams, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Hong Sok Hour, Human Rights Watch, Khmer Rouge, Presiding Judge Ros Piseth, Prime Minister Hun Sen, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 42 | October 10 - October 16, language

Journalists charged by Thai navy

July 26, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Doksone Associated Press PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — Testimony began July 14 in a criminal defamation lawsuit filed by Thailand’s navy against a small news website over a report it posted saying naval forces accepted money to assist or turn a blind eye to the trafficking of refugees from Myanmar by sea. The navy […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Alan Morison, Associated Press, Australia, Chutima Sidasathien, Computer Crime Act, Grant Peck, Human Rights Watch, London-based Media Legal Defense Initiative, Myanmar, PHUKET, Pallop Komalodaka, Phil Robertson, Pulitzer Prize, State Department, Thailand, Vol 34 No 31 | July 25 - July 31

Thai police dig up 26 bodies at suspected trafficking camp

May 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sumeth Parnpetch Associated Press PADANG BESAR, Thailand (AP) — Thai police trekked into the mountains and dug up 26 bodies from dozens of shallow graves at an abandoned jungle camp that’s been linked to human trafficking networks, which activists say are “out of control” in the Southeast Asian country. A lone survivor, now hospitalized […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, AP, Arakan Project, Associated Press, Brad Adams, Chris Lewa, Human Rights Watch, Jarumporn Suramanee, Laos, Last June, Myanmar, Padang Besar, Police Gen, Rohingya Muslims, Sansern Kaewkamnerd, Thailand, United States, Vol 34 No 20 | May 9 - May 15, Weerasant Tharnpiem

Scholar and journalist tried in closed hearings

November 29, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Erica Kinetz Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Closed-door court hearings of a prominent journalist and a noted minority scholar held on Friday were sharply criticized for violating due process and chilling freedom of expression as Chinese authorities tighten oversight of public speech.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Aritz Parra, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Communist Party, European Union, Guzelnur Ali, Han Chinese, Hong Lei, Human Rights Watch, Ilham Tohti, Intermediate Court, Journalist Gao Yu, Mo Shaoping, Muslim Uighurs, Nicholas Bequelin, President Xi Jinping, Vol 33 No 49 | November 29 - December 5, Xinjiang High Court

With martial law, Thai gov’t nearly powerless

May 24, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) – The question to Thailand’s army chief was a basic one. After he declared martial law this week, would he be consulting the government? His response encapsulated the increasingly surreal nature of this Southeast Asian country’s political crisis.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Constitutional Court, Human Rights Watch, Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Red Shirt, Southeast Asian, Sunai Phasuk, Suthep Thaugsuban, Thailand, Vol 33 No 22 | May 24 - May 30

Probe urged over ‘Billy,’ missing Thai environment activist

April 26, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Thanyarat Doksone Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) – Thai authorities were urged April 21 to investigate the disappearance of an environmental activist who has worked to help ethnic Karen villagers report on illegal activity around Thailand’s largest national park.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2014, Administrative Court, Associated Press, Human Rights Watch, Issara Seuksahet, Kaengkrachan National Park, Myanmar, National Human Rights Commissioner Niran Pitakwachara, Police Col, Por Cha Lee Rakcharoen, Thailand, Vol 33 No 18 | April 26 - May 2, Woradet Suanklaai

Vietnam frees dissident on appeal

August 24, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese appeals court overturned a six-year prison sentence against a dissident and halved the jail term of another in a rare show of leniency by the country’s Communist authorities.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Asia, Associated Press, Communist Party, HANOI, Human Rights Watch, Nguyen Phuong Uyen, Nguyen Thanh Luong, Phil Robertson, President Barack Obama, Vietnam, Vol 32 No 35 | August 24 - August 30

Cambodia passes bill against genocide denial

June 15, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sopheng Cheang The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s National Assembly approved a bill on June 7 making it a crime to deny that atrocities were committed by the country’s genocidal 1970s Khmer Rouge regime, a law that critics allege will be used as a weapon against the political opposition.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Asia, Brad Adams, Cambodia National Rescue Party, Cambodian People, Cheam Yeap, Documentation Center, Human Rights Watch, Kem Sokha, Khmer Rouge, National Assembly, Ou Virak, Phnom Penh, Sam Rainsy, Tuol Sleng, Vol 32 No 25 | June 15 - June 21, Youk Chhang

US, Vietnam far apart on human rights

April 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt and Matthew Pennington The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities seeking to stop a well-known democracy activist from meeting an American diplomat last weekend deployed an unusual weapon — a group of elderly ladies.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, 2013, American Embassy, Asia, BBC, China, Communist Party, Daniel Baer, Father Ly, HANOI, Human Rights Watch, Phil Robertson, Several Vietnamese, South Vietnamese, United States, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3, Washington DC

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