The cybercrime police’s morning raid on the house of an online journalist, following a complaint filed by former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, has drawn harsh criticism from critics and the public alike. Journalist Seriously Injured After Getting Blasted by Shotgun in Pattaya At around 7am yesterday, armed with a warrant, a group of about ten anti-cybercrime […]
A shooting incident occurred in Pattaya yesterday morning, leaving a journalist seriously injured. Defamation Charges Dropped Against BBC Journalist Pattaya police received a report of the incident around 7 AM today, December 13th, before mobilizing investigators and rescue personnel to the scene. The incident happened on Soi Sai Sam on Pettrakul Road, Nongprue sub-district, Banglamung […]
More than 2,300 journalists from around the world have registered to cover the Asia Pacific Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM) in Bangkok on 18th and 19th November, according to a foreign ministry official. The senior official, who asked not to be named, told Thai PBS World that these journalists are from nearly 30 countries. There are […]
Russian state TV channel RT anchor Anton Krasovsky has been suspended for calling to drown and burn Ukrainian children, the channel’s director Margarita Simonian reported today on her Telegram channel. “For now I am suspending our cooperation (with Krasovski) since neither I nor the RT collective can allow that anyone could even cross his mind […]
BANGKOK, Aug 10 (TNA) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Aug 9 revoked a recent regulation that banned the dissemination of any fake reports that might frighten the public. The revocation followed the Civil Court’s injunction suspending the imposition of the 29th regulation the prime minister had issued on July 29 by virtue of the […]
On Friday, Thailand’s Civil Court issued an injunction to suspend Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s ban on dissemination of fake and distorted news and fearmongering, with a threat of Internet censorship if violations are found, saying such an order is unlawful and restrictive in terms of rights and freedoms. “Considering that Section 9 of the Emergency […]
BANGKOK, July 30 (TNA) – Representatives of six media organizations sent an open letter to the prime minister, demanding he lift restrictions on the freedom of expression of people and media organizations. The demand came from the National Press Council of Thailand, the News Broadcasting Council of Thailand, the Thai Journalists Association, the Thai Broadcast […]
Police in Myanmar Friday arrested two journalists covering the trial of a civilian official ousted in last month’s military takeover as brutal crackdowns on anti-coup protests killed at least 10, sources in Myanmar told RFA. Aung Thura of the BBC’s Burmese-language service and Than Htike Aung from a local news agency were at a courthouse […]
