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The US Federal Drug Administration has given the go-ahead to a London-based startup to begin drug trials using psilocybin, the main active psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, to treat depression. The startup, Compass Pathways, funded […]
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A Belarusian escort and model facing charges for solicitation in Pattaya, says she will no longer provide evidence she claimed to have of Trump-Russian collusion during the 2016 United States presidential election. Anastasia Vashukevich and […]
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Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) has set a tentative window for general elections to be held early next year–February 24th at the earliest and May 5th at the latest. “We are ready to hold an election, […]
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A majority of Thais–72%–believe that cannabis should be legalized for medical use across the country, according to a poll carried out by the National Institute of Development Administration (Nida). The Nida poll asked 1,250 Thai […]
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The leader of Thailand ruling military junta, Prayuth Chan-ocha, in a recent speech, repeated his previous declaration that elections will be held in early 2019, but he added one caveat this time, saying that if […]
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Just one week after Thai officials approved strict regulations on Khao San Road street vendors that caused outrage and a much more dead atmosphere on the famous tourist and nightlife strip, the government has relented […]
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Despite a host of laws and crackdowns targeting human trafficking–primarily for prostitution–by the ruling military junta in recent years, the problem is still widespread, according to rights groups. The two rights groups who did the […]
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Spain is looking to add their name to the ever-growing list of countries with “yes means yes” sexual consent laws, in an attempt to remove any ambiguity in sexual assault cases. Under the new law […]
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Human Rights Law
The Thai Justice Ministry and the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), an international NGO, are working in unison to draw up guidelines that would prevent the torture of suspects in the custody of […]
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The ruling Thai military junta recently penned a letter to the UK government urging them to extradite former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to face her five-year Supreme Court sentence on corruption charges, according to The […]
