Civil society in Thailand are appalled by the violence of government crackdown on the Red Shirt protesters and urges the Thai government to bear the responsibility of its actions. Thai government has announced its intention to launch another round of crackdown at Bangkok time 3pm today.
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While political tension continues to escalate between the Red Shirts and the Abhisit government in Bangkok, civil society actors from Cambodia and Thailand came together to make a stand for peace and solidarity to resolve the long-standing border disputes between both countries.
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What's wrong with foreign funding for political parties? This was the question in my mind that cried out for discussion when I read the Straits Times' story of 1 March 2010, about an interview the Chinese-language newspaper Zaobao did with Chee Soon Juan, the leader of the Singapore Democratic Party.
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Government intervention at the ASEAN People's Forum is two-fold. Donaldson Tan
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The Government’s position on this issue is clear. It was stated by the PM in Parliament on October 2007, and it has not changed. In his speech, PM said that Singapore is basically a conservative society and the conventional family, a heterosexual stable family, is the norm and the building block of our society....
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