THAI RED CROSS SOCIETY SIGNS MOU AND HANDS OVER 2 RELIEF BOATS AND BLOOD DONATION SUPPLIES TO LAO RED CROSS Legal-Judicial February 7, 20230 Vientiane, 2 February 2023 — Mr. Tej Bunnag, Secretary General of Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS), accompanied by three senior officials, visited Lao PDR to sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lao Red Cross. The MoU aimed to further
Hunger strikes may end if court grants bail for eight detainees on Monday Legal-Judicial February 6, 20230 A lawyer from Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) said today (Monday) that the two young hunger strikers may end their strike if the Criminal Court agrees to grant bail to eight detainees from the Talugas protest group.Krisadang Nutcharat and
Detention of first suspect in “Macau 888” online gambling case extended Legal-Judicial February 4, 20230 A suspect allegedly connected with the “Macau 888” online gambling platform was escorted by police from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) to the Criminal Court today (Saturday), to get his detention extended, pending the results of investigations.The 28-year-old suspect,
FAO Food Price Index continues to decline Legal-Judicial February 4, 20230 » The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 131.2 points in January 2023, down 1.1 points (0.8 percent) from December, marking the 10th consecutive monthly decline. With this latest decline, the index has fallen 28.6 points (17.9 percent) from the
UNHCR seeks comprehensive regional response to address rise in deadly South-East Asia sea journeys Legal Legal-Judicial January 17, 20230 More than 3,500 desperate Rohingya attempted deadly sea crossings in 39 boats in the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal in 2022, according to the latest data from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This represents a 360 per cent increase on the year before w…
Research Report: Refugee protection, human smuggling, and trafficking in Bangladesh and Southeast Asia – October 2022 Legal Legal-Judicial January 16, 20230 DHAKA, Bangladesh: Without comprehensive regional and national approaches to refugee protection in Southeast Asia, more than 150,000 Rohingya in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia currently rely on a patchwork of policies that offer them limited, if any,…