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New Straits Times Online
March 16, 2018
Graffiti artists spray paint a mural of panthers, in protest against the illegal wildlife poaching by construction tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, in Bangkok. ... With public protests still banned under a junta that grabbed power in 2014, the anger has taken the form of sly street art focused around the image of theÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 15, 2018
Still, the image of the graffiti went viral, the catalyst that has inspired many black panther graffiti images as an act of protest. Public walls from Bangkok to Chiang Mai have been sprayed with the mighty black panther, messages of injustice, and symbols by street artists famous and anonymous -- often erasedÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 15, 2018
Brenna Levitan, a 17-year-old who goes to high school in Silver Spring, Maryland, attended the White House protest with her mother. "We want to show Congress and politicians we are not standing by, we are not silent anymore," Levitan said. "Parkland is going to be the last school shooting." "We need toÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 9, 2018
LONDON: In joyous celebrations and angry protests, women around the world came together in gatherings large and small on Thursday to mark ... Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said on Wednesday that one of the girls who removed her veil in Tehran to protest against compulsory hijab hasÃâà...
Firstpost
March 7, 2018
Banjul: The Gambia on Tuesday apologised to Thailand after its foreign minister said the Asian country was a haven for sex tourists, sparking a strongly worded protest from Bangkok. Hamat Bah said on state television in January that The Gambia, a sunny beach destination favoured by Western touristsÃâà...
Bangkok Post
March 6, 2018
Sueb Nakhasathien Foundation chairman Sasin Chalermlarp, right, warns that 'mass protest' could result if authorities fail to move on the black leopard poaching case. In the crosshairs: accused leopard shooter Premchai Karnasuta, construction tycoon, and deputy police chief Pol Gen SrivaraÃâà...
Bangkok Post
February 26, 2018
Matichon Online on Monday evening quoted Makawadee Sumitmor, the ministry's deputy spokesperson, as saying the Thai Foreign Ministry had asked two of its embassies to send letters of protest to the African nation. They are the Thai embassy in Senegal, which is also responsible for the neighbouringÃâà...
Southeast Asia Globe
February 16, 2018
On Monday the UK's foreign secretary Boris Johnson met Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha in Bangkok. Before the meeting, Johnson announced on Twitter that he looked “forward to further strengthening the UK's relationship with #Thailand in the future”. However, the more interesting discussion is theÃâà...
Southeast Asia Globe
February 12, 2018
Overall, the officials managed the situation in an appropriate manner,” NCPO spokesman Piyapong Klinpan said, according to the Bangkok Post.. Last month activists won a legal battle that allowed them to continue a protest march from Bangkok to Khon Kaen, in the northeast of Thailand. The protestÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
December 31, 1999
BANGKOK: Hundreds of pro-democracy Thais rallied in Bangkok on Saturday (Mar 10) to skewer the ruling junta with T-shirts, signs and speeches, as activists grow bolder in their defiance of a ban on protests. The military regime has kept a tight rein on dissent since its 2014 power grab by outlawingÃâà...
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