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Thailand pushes to legalise sex work, but upcoming elections cast a shadow

Thailand introduces a draft bill to legalise sex work and address human rights concerns in the industry. But the legislation’s fate is uncertain due to the upcoming elections and parliamentary deliberations.
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Community marks the 6th year anniversary of the death of Chaiyaphum Pasae

17 March 2023 marks the 6th year anniversary of the death of Chaiyaphum Pasae, a young Lahu rights defender, who was shot dead by soldiers who accused him of smuggling drugs in the north of Thailand.
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Thai court dismisses community appeal against waste-to-energy plant

A Thai court has ruled that a local provision allowing for the construction of a waste-to-energy plant near a Saraburi community does not violate the law, despite concerns from local residents.
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Reviving the soul of the Mekong: Shifting ways of looking at the river

As the Mekong River struggles with the devastating effects of upstream hydropower dams, river communities and scholars are leading a movement to shift our relationship with nature.
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Supreme court revokes Dong Mafai permit, ending Thailand’s longest mining conflict

After three decades of conflict and four killings in the struggle to stop a stone mining company from excavating a local mountain, the Supreme Administrative Court ruled in favour of the Khao Lao Yai - Pha Chan Dai Community Forest Conservation Group.
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Journalists push against the media’s unspoken ban on labour unions

A group of Thai media workers are pushing their profession to be more fair to its workers – by challenging the industry’s resistance to collective bargaining.
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Two years after legalisation, access to safe abortion still elusive for Thai women

Despite the legalisation of abortion in Thailand two years ago, access to free and safe abortion services remains a challenge for women in the country, according to the rights group Tamtang.
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No surname, no citizenship: Two men launch landmark lawsuit against statelessness

Half a million people in Thailand remain stateless, many of them descendants of Myanmar refugees from one of the world's longest civil wars. Two men are fighting to claim their birth rights and challenge the nation's rigid system in a groundbreaking lawsuit.
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Death of ethnic human rights defender: Thailand’s Supreme Court accepts family’s case against army

BANGKOK - Thailand's Supreme Court on Monday accepted the petition for damages by the family of ethnic Lahu activist Chaiyaphum Pasae, who was shot dead by soldiers in 2017.
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