Kantathi says Rangoon could forgo its right to chair Asean, as Washington remains firmly opposed to detention of Suu Kyi

Now the Dutch have banned Phuket Air

Phuket Air expects to resume its Bangkok–Amsterdam service within days, following a ban by the Dutch authorities.

People ‘cowed into accepting torture as a common tool’

Thai human rights activists have conceded that political and psychological factors militate against attempts to arouse greater interest in society at large in condemning torture of detainees and abductions of suspects by authorities.