Urgent: Thailand to deport Karens fleeing from astrocity

An urgent email reached people today that tomorrow, the local authority, probably with permission from the Thai government will order Usata and Nong Bua Christian Karen refugees, who are ow residing in temporary shelters in Tak. to be deported.

According to Cross Border News Agency, the refugees did not want to remain in Thailand, they wanted to go back home but it will be extremely unsafe.

The villages are planted with landmines, forced portering and labour, women could face rape. They was not very willing to stay in a refugee camps in Thailand, as they will compromise freedom of movement in return to very grime lives and restriction. For now it would be the only choice.

Yet, the local authorities demanded they be forced to leave Thailand tomorrow.

If the Hmong forced repatriation was under the media spotlight, and yet no one can ask the Thai government to stop it, the silenced Karen deportation will risk the Burmese and DKBA soldiers, landmines and their lives as soon as they arrive the border.

It is not likely that someone will ask the Burmese government that they can monitor the return of the Karen refugees. I was informed at the last minute.

The deportation will start tomorrow. I only hope to spread the words and hope that the Thai government will stop the refoulment.

Here is a link of news in Thai: http://gotoknow.org/file/ngaochan/CBNA_53.doc and if anyone want photos and first hand account interview from human right lawyers who have visited the temporary shelters, background or any information, drop me a message.

Filed under: Political Sciences, forced repatriation, Karen refugees, refoulment, thailand

ThaiNoSniff: because you dont’ want the government to peek into your house

iLaw offered an interesting word count analysis today for the draft personal information act, proposed proudly by the cabinet and the Democrat party of Thailand. The draft law, which allows large scale compulsory installation of sniffer software is not waiting for an approval at the house of representatives. I could see that the law will win flavor because every people in power will want to be able to control, opps, protect privacy, when that privacy may stabilize their power.

The law provide almost every ground of exemption for authorities and ISPs, to view, store, investigate personal information for security reasons or international relation reasons.

As if we do not know that everything could fall under the net of security reasons, when ast time I remember the Democrat label blogs that criticize the party as grave security threats or even worse that that call them violating “the” institution. Many “red” blogs or whatever seem to be red were shut down or under the watchful ‘eye of ICT Sauron’ because they said or wrote something that were lawful, but the Democrat did not like it.

I hope you remember. And this well happen against if the sniffers were forced to be installed in every ISPs’ gateway. They will not watch only bit torrent download, illegal copyright infringement and porns. You know that they will obviously use this to tackle people who disagree with the government.

Even the Democrat leave the office and surrender the executive power, the next government will happily pick it up, like the Computer Crime Act or the Internal Security Act, the the new government gladly adopted and use them.

Please help #ThaiNoSniff campaign.

Filed under: Political Sciences, freespeech, thai politics, thailand, ThaiNoSniff

Thai No Sniff

Look like the government will impose the rule that the ISPs will have to legally install sniffing software to read and detect internet traffic to prevent “copyright problems”

Please check FB group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27585844
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This was proposed by Thai ICT.

More news in Thai: http://www.thannews.th.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19658:5-&catid=176:2009-06-25-09-26-02&Itemid=524

Filed under: Political Sciences, censorship, freespeech, ICT, NoSniff, thailand, ThaiNoSniff

Ping-pong journalism

I blamed it on ping-pong journalism for lack of activities. There had been a lot of drafting but as I based my blogs on news produced by professional news-makers, I was not very happy and productive when they asked something to someone, get an answer and then go back to the other persons and asked what do you think about mr. …’s comment about you.

And there were too much gossip and celeb news in the online newspaper so much that I hardly touch them.

Sadly I will have to wait for Matichon daily online that is now closed, saying the system will be back with subscription.

In the meantime, if you want to beat the Thai government because of ”initial donation” of $ 20,000 to Haiti, It is appreciate.

Channel 3 news family alone raised more money in two days more than government’s initial donation. Other might want to check Thai Red Cross.

Filed under: Political Sciences, thailand haiti journalism