"Referendum"

London - From the shock Brexit referendum result to Prime Minister Theresa May's resignation announcement Friday, here are the milestones on Britain's rocky road out of the European Union after 46 years.

Voiceless between elections, Americans had to suffer through a costly and unnecessary government shutdown

Conservative campaigners on Tuesday threw a roadblock in the path to legalising same-sex unions in Taiwan, proposing a public vote on the issue and saying any reforms would jeopardise "family values".

Three activists on Wednesday were sentenced to four months in jail, reduced to a two-year suspension, for tearing up ballots during the junta-controlled constitutional referendum in August 2016.

Nine pro-democracy activists on Friday went to the military court in Khon Kaen regarding their involvement in a public forum held back in 2016 that was critical of the junta-written charter draft.

Ireland will hold a referendum at the end of May on liberalising its restrictive abortion laws, a highly sensitive issue in the traditionally devoutly Catholic country.

THE PROVINCIAL Court of Ratchaburi yesterday dismissed a case against four student activists and a reporter accused of violating the law during the 2016 constitutional-draft referendum.

THE CRIMINAL Court yesterday ruled that three anti-junta activists were guilty of vandalism and handed down suspended sentences of two months in prison and fines of Bt2,000 for ripping up a ballot paper in the charter referendum last year.

The criminal court on Tuesday ruled three anti-junta activists guilty of vandalism and handed down a suspended sentence of two months in prison and a fine of Bt2,000 for ripping up a ballot paper in the charter referendum last year.

THE DRAFT organic law on the Election Commission released by the Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) yesterday will wipe out provincial election committee and impose new qualifications on commissioners.

AT LEAST 44 people charged under the Referendum Act are struggling to fight the cases, according to the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).

Critics wary court ruling will pave the way and many Thais may find it acceptable