When Kingdoms Become Prison States Prem Singh Gill discusses how Thailand’s deportation of Uyghur refugees reveals the emergence of “prison state diplomacy” – where Thailand functions as China’s extraterritorial detention apparatus while violating principles of non-refoulement and the Convention Against
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The Royal Paradox: Thailand’s Constitutional Absolutism In this article, Prem Singh Gill discusses how Thailand’s constitutional design can serve as a sophisticated tool for transforming limited monarchy into practical absolutism while maintaining democratic appearances. February 14, 2025 Thailand’s current constitutional
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Bangkok’s Dark Brotherhood: When Kings and Strongmen Hunt Together In this article, Prem Singh Gill discusses the assassination of a former political from Cambodia, Lim Kimya, in Bangkok, and argues that the Thai-Cambodian bilateral ties could have fostered the act
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Article 112 in Thailand in 2024: Trends, Challenges, and the Call for Reform December 27, 2024 Despite the transition to civilian governance, the enforcement of Article 112 in 2024 has continued to have profound implications, demonstrating its entrenched role in
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112WATCH’s advocacy in Canada and the USA, September & October 2024 From 15 September to 7 October 2024, 112WATCH founder, Pavin Chachavalpongpun, undertook overseas advocacy in Canada and the United States visiting seven cities.October 13, 2024 112WATCH founder, Pavin Chachavalpongpun,
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Royal Façade, Authoritarian Core: Cambodia’s Refined Approach to Thai-Style Oppression By introducing a seemingly milder law decades after Thailand, has Cambodia cunningly learnt to weaponize royal protection for political gain?Prem Singh Gill, October 10, 20224 In light of Thailand’s notorious
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It is over for now, “There is a Dead Man Inside” 112WATCH’s exhibition “There is a Dead Man Inside,” in collaboration with PrachathipaType, took place at Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, on 23 September, 2024.September 25, 2024 We wish
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112WATCH Speaks with Titipol Phakdeewanich on the Dissolution of the Move Forward Party 112WATCH interviews the Thai scholar, Titipol Phakdeewanich. September 8, 2024 The Big Interview returns with a discussion with Titipol Phakdeewanich, who is Director of the Regional Center for Human
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Autumn 2024 Advocacy Trip to Canada and the United States Pavin will kick off his advocacy trip in Canada and the United States, from 17 September to 5 October 2024. The leader of the 112WATCH project, Pavin Chachavalpongpun, will kick
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Banner: BANGKOK, THAILAND August 22, 2023: Thailand’s former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, accused of Corruption arrives at Don Mueang International Airport, to fight his own lawsuit. After 17 years in exile abroad. Photo: teera.noisakran, Shutterstock Thaksin’s Orban-esque Grip on Thai Democracy
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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra waves to his supporters after his return to Thailand at the private jet terminal at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok August 22, 2023. Photo: Chaiwat Subprasom, Shutterstock Thaksin: From Populist to Strongman? As Thailand
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Challenges of Thailand New PM Paethongtarn Shinawatra Is she just a puppet of her father or a hostage of the royal elites?August 27, 2024 Pavin Chachavalpongpun co-authored this article with Josh Kurlantzick, published at the Council on Foreign Relations, on the
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