In the bustling red light districts of Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket, help wanted posters decorate neon lit windows of go go bars offering 30,000 baht per month base salary plus all the private tips a […]
Operation Underground Railroad, anti-child trafficking organization, promoted by the movie “Sound of Freedom”, has begun operations in Thailand. Operation Underground Railroad, aka OUR has announced its grand opening in Thailand with a web page and a Facebook page publicizing […]
Winners – Entrepreneurs who invested in large growing operations. Many foreign and Thai companies have invested in large growing operations, normally indoors with high tech lighting, ventilation and nutrient support systems. -Retailers in major tourist […]
Credit photo by Alpinols AG The text of the draft Thailand Cannabis Decriminalization Act is now available. Some important provisions include: “Household hemp” means the cultivation of cannabis at home for personal consumption in order to maintain […]
Credit photo click here On January 25th, the Narcotics Control Board (NACC) Committee of the Thailand parliament approved, in principle, the removal of cannabis and hemp from the Thailand Narcotics Control Act, Category 5. In theory, […]
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Red-shirt legal adviser Robert Amsterdam almost certainly breached national security laws by calling for the abolition of the lese majeste law, the Lawyers Council of Thailand (LCT) says reports The Bangkok Post. LCT explained that Section […]
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Immigration police have announced they are going to reduce the amount of times tourists can re-enter Thailand using the 30 day visa exemption reports The Bangkok Post. The clampdown does not affect holders of non-immigrant […]
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Convicted Canadian sex offender Christopher Paul “Swirlface” Neil has been sentenced to three months in prison and three years probation for possessing devices capable of accessing the internet reports CBC News. He gained the Swirl Face nickname […]
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International Law
The sultanate of Brunei this week becomes the first East Asian country to introduce Islamic criminal law reports Reuters. Thai and American lawyers at Bangkok based Chaninat & Leeds are experienced in Thai and international criminal law […]
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Human Rights Law
An Egyptian judge has sentenced 683 men to death in the country’s latest mass trial. They were sentenced to death on charges of killing a policeman in August 2013 reports The Guardian. In a similar but separate […]
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International Law
Four Japanese whaling ships departed from the fishing town of Ayukawa in Ishinomaki for its first hunt since the U.N. top court last month ordered Japan to stop killing whales in the Antarctic reports the Japan Times. […]
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The Department of Human Services can order children in its custody to be immunized, even if the child is in temporary custody and even if the parents object to the immunizations on principle, […]
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International Law
RT.com reported U.S, law enforcement officials may now stop drivers based only on the information provided in an anonymous tip phoned in by a caller who dialed 911 pursuant to a recent US Supreme Court decision. The […]
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Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has just released his latest book, Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution. He suggests amendments to the constitution would reduce gun violence, abolish the death […]
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International Law
A criminal defamation case against two journalists in Thailand, including an Australian, is set to begin today, despite calls from the United Nations for the charges to be dropped. The Thai Navy have lodged a […]
