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What is the Thai “National Human Rights Commission” doing about lese majeste?
Many people in Thailand and abroad are asking the question: “Is there a National Human Rights Commission in Thailand? And if so, what is it doing about lese majeste?”
128 Acadamic from International who support Giles Ji Unpakorn
We wish to express our deep concern at the decision of the Thai Police Special Branch to prosecute Associate Professor Giles Ji Ungpakorn,of the Political Science Faculty at Chulalongkorn University, with lèse majesté – that is, with insulting King Bhumibol.
PSM : Drop Lèse Majesté Charges Against Associate Professor Giles Ji Ungpakorn
We believe the lèse majesté charge against Mr Ungpakorn is political motivated. Lèse majesté charges in Thailand are notorious for being used by different political factions to aatack their opponents.
Press Statement by Associate Professor Giles Ji Ungpakorn Regarding Lese Majeste charges
As you know, I have been summonsed to Pathumwan police station for questioning at 10.00 am on Tuesday 20th January 2009. I have been accused of Lese Majeste. The charge arises from my book “A Coup for the Rich”, published in 2007. Those found guilty of Lese Majeste face a heavy prison sentence.
Associate Professor Giles Ji Ungpakorn will fight charges of les majesty over his academic book “A Coup for the Rich”
I have been summonsed to Pathumwan police station for questioning and the new date and time is at 10.00 am on Tuesday 20th January 2009. The summons was issued as a result of a charge filed by Special Branch Police Lt Col. Pansak Sasana-anund. I have been accused of les majesty. The charge arises from my book “A Coup for the Rich”, published in 2007, just after the 19th September 2006 military coup.
Thailand: The Cockroaches take over
The appointment of “Democrat” Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva as the new Thai Prime Minister is the final stage of the second coup against an elected government.
Giles Ji Ungpakorn : Fascist Thugs Terrorise Passengers at Bangkok International Airport
Bangkok International Airport has now been closed by Fascist thugs from the anti-government PAD. The PAD are demanding that the elected government resigns. This is despite the fact that the government has the backing of the majority of the Thai population and even the majority of Bangkok citizens. This backing has been proven by repeated elections.
Giles Ji Ungpakorn : Prison sentence for ex Thai PM Thaksin What does it mean?
The prison sentence handed down to ex-Thai PM Thaksin is just one part of the present Thai political crisis. I write this short piece because I have been contacted by both the BBC TV and radio to give a telephone interview, but on both occasions the telephone line went dead during the interview.
Giles Ji Ungpakorn : Bangkok: Right-wing mob riots outside parliament. All public institutions are now seriously compromised.
Since late evening on the 6th October 2008, the ultra right-wing fascist mob which calls itself the “Peoples Alliance for Democracy” (PAD) laid plans to lay siege to the Thai parliament. They came prepared with iron bars and crash helmets. Their plan, as always, was to create chaos in the hope that the military would stage a coup or that the ruling party would once again be dissolved by the courts.
IST : STATEMENT ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
The extraordinary waves of panic that have swept through global financial markets in the past few weeks have filled ordinary working people around the world with a mixture of anger, bewilderment, and fear. It has become evident to everyone that the existing capitalist economic system isn’t working
Giles Ji Ungpakorn : Thailand’s crisis: a “Carnival of Reaction”
    Thailand’s political crisis after the 19th September 2006 coup and the December 2007 elections is also becoming a “Carnival of Reaction”. On the one hand we see the deterioration of Thai Rak Thai from a modernising capitalist party with pro-poor policies, but a dreadful human rights record, into the Peoples Power Party, headed by ultra Right-wing Prime Minister Samak Suntarawej. His cabinet is staffed with gangsters and sleazy politicians.
Time to abolish the lèse majesté law in Thailand
Once again we are seeing the extreme Right in Thailand using lèse majesté as an excuse to encourage acts of violence against those who stand up for freedom and justice. Thirty years ago, agitation by the extreme Right, through such media outlets as the Tank Corps radio station and Dao Sayam newspaper, resulted in the upmost barbarism at Thammasart University on the 6th
Malaysia: Election victory for the PSM in March 2008
After four decades, two members of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) finally won elections . PSM National Chairperson, Dr. Nasir Hashim won the Kota Damansara State seat in Selangor beating government National Front UMNO (United Malay National Organisation) candidate Zein Isma Ismail by 1,075 votes. Dr. Nasir secured 11,846 votes compared to Zein’s  10,771.  
Giles Ji Ungpakorn : The Thai State cannot win the war in Southern Thailand /pdf
Since the most recent eruption of violence in Southern Thailand, various governments, whether it be Taksin’s Thai Rak Thai government or the military junta, have all failed to solve the crisis. It is becoming clear that the war has reached a stale-mate.
Giles Ji Ungpakorn : The 6th October , the South and Thai Democracy
The tragedy of Thai democracy today is that we have a Prime Minister and Interior Minister who tell bare-faced lies and an opposition, in the shape of the Democrat Party, that supported the 19th September coup, insulted the poor and never showed an interest in the 6th October in the past. The tragedy is worse
Giles Ji Ungpakorn : How much power does the Thai King really have?
The recent increase in academic debate concerning the Thai Monarchy is to be welcomed. Not only does it help develop our understanding of this institution, it also helps the struggle to expand Thailand?s democratic space. Two events have been particularly influential in raising this debate: the 19th September 2006 coup, which
Giles Ji Ungpakorn : The Thai State is the root cause of violence in Southern Thailand
On the 25th October 2004 Thai government security forces broke up a demonstration at Takbai in the Southern province of Naratiwat. Apart from using water cannon and tear gas, troops opened fire with live ammunition above the heads of protesters, but some fired directly into the crowd, killing 7 people and
Giles Ji Ungpakorn : Thailand?s election circus
On the 23rd December the first post-coup election will be held in Thailand. It will hardly be a free and fair election. For a start, many provinces are still under martial law, but most importantly, the head of the military junta, General Sonti Boonyaratgalin, has appointed himself as election boss with the task of
Can a soldiers? rebellion be part of the struggle for Socialism?
In November 2007 the 3rd Asian Socialism Conference was held in Manila. This conference was initiated in Malaysia by socialists from Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand in 2005. Last year it was held in Bangkok just after the recent coup. During the Manila conference there was
The 19th August Constitutional Referendum Process is Undemocratic
It is now obvious that the military junta have no intention of conducting a clean and democratic referendum on their new constitution. While the government is shamelessly spending millions of the public?s baht on propaganda urging the population to vote ?yes? and accept the constitution, those who are opposed to it are prevented from
LIBERALISM HAND IN HAND WITH DICTATORSHIP IN THAILAND
The 19th September 2006 coup, which overthrew the government of Thaksin Shinawat and destroyed Thai democracy along with the 1997 Constitution, has not only prolonged and intensified the Thai political crisis, it has also exposed the true nature of Thai Liberalism.
Operating as a Socialist in Thailand over the last year
The year 2006 was a crisis year in Thai politics. The year started with growing mass demonstrations against the Thai Rak Thai government of Taksin Shinawat and ended with the September military coup. In October the Peoples

 
 
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