Thai journalists join forces in launching investigative news website

BANGKOK, 31 May 2011 (NNT) – The Thai Journalists Association (TJA) and media-related units have jointly launched the Thailand Information Centre for Civil Rights and Investigation Journalism (TCIJ) website to provide in-depth information on the upcoming election. The TJA, the Thai Broadcast Journalists Association, the Isra Institute – Thai Press Development Foundation and the Thai […]

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Pattaya Jet Ski Scammers Emboldened

Three Iranian tourists and two Indian tourists were recently subjected to a new style of jet-ski scamming being perpetrated along Pattaya Beach Road, with both incidents unfolding under the eyes of Pattaya One reporters. In what was the most serious of five scamming incidents to have occurred during three visits by our journalists to the […]

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Photojournalists face deportation in Thailand

Bangkok, January 21, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about the charges and threatened deportation of Thailand-based freelance photojournalists John Sanlin, a Burmese passport holder, and Pascal Schatterman, a Belgian national. “We call on Thai authorities to reconsider the deportation of journalists John Sanlin and Pascal Schatterman and take into consideration the prospect […]

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