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, […]
Breaking News
Irawaddy | Thirteen peace activists in Burma have been charged by police and could face jail time for leading marches to mark the UN’s International Peace Day without official permission. The protest leaders have been […]
Breaking News
CNN | Justices of the Supreme Court may soon be announcing if they will hear a constitutional challenge to a federal law denying financial benefits to gay and lesbian couples. At issue is whether guarantees […]
Breaking News
The Washington Post | A Honduran rights lawyers was gunned down after going to a wedding. The lawyer had been receiving death threats as well as seeking protection from a powerful billionaire landowner. Antonio Trejo […]
Breaking News
Jerusalem Post | The women’s group Mavoi Satum called on couples to sign prenuptial agreements drawn up in accordance with Jewish law. These agreements are designed to prevent one of the partners from refusing to […]
Breaking News
AMA ASSN | The Montana Supreme Court ruled that state restrictions on medical marijuana access and sales do not violate patients’ rights to pursue health care under the state constitution. The decision overturns a lower […]
Breaking News
ABC News | An attorney in South Carolina who specialized in litigating high-profile criminal cases and civil cases faces a 10-count federal indictment for extortion and fraud, and a maximum of 20 years in prison […]
Breaking News
Lanka Business Online | Lawyers for Democracy (LfD) alleged that the current administration had transported people to a location near Sri Lanka’s parliament and state media had also carried programs critical of the judiciary after […]
Breaking News
Three prominent bloggers are being tried for spreading anti-government propaganda in Vietnam. Lawyer Ha Huy Son said the three were put on trial by the People’s Court in southern Ho Chi Ming City on Monday. […]
Breaking News
Toronto Star | The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously upheld an appeal by Vancouver’s downtown eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society, an association of current and former prostitutes who want to decriminalize prostitution. […]
Breaking News
Wall Street Journal | In September the body of Cambodian journalist Hang Serei Oudom was found stuffed into the trunk of his car with his head bashed in. At the time of his death, Oudom […]
