Noppasin Treelayapewat and Sittichai been jailed for a year for spray painting the democracy monument in Bangkok in April 2023.
They acted to demand the right to bail for Thanalop 'Yok' Phalanchai, a pro-democracy youth activist who had been arrested & denied bail at the time.
#FreeOurFriends
Latest for @mongabay.com dives into the poisoning of the Salween River, Asia's longest free-flowing river. Unregulated mines in Myanmar have seen arsenic contamination reach dangerous levels on the Salween, leaving Indigenous Karen communities with no fish, no water and no solutions from governments
if anyone has recommendations for things to do/ see in montreal also, please let me know!
Canada's official position per Mark Carney is that all parties to the Iran conflict, including the United States, must respect the international law of armed conflict. If there were ever a good day for Canada and like-minded partners to reiterate this position, it is today.
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Thousands Rally at US Embassy to Honor Fallen Indonesian UN Peacekeepers - en.tempo.co/read/2096387/thousands-r...
If I'm getting my numbers right, between this and the attack on Israel that killed an agricultural worker, more Thais have been killed in this war than Bahrainis, Saudis, Emiratis, and Omanis
HUGE earthquake in Sulawesi this morning! No video yet, but plenty of tweets from Manado saying it's the biggest posters have felt for a long time
1. This History Thread is about dams in Burma (Myanmar), a country of great river systems, where large dam projects have been locally seen as environmental & cultural threats.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar 🌿
📩 The Month Ahead | Iran War at a Crossroads?
@comfortero.crisisgroup.org explains why this spring will be a critical time for global diplomacy: mailchi.mp/crisisgroup....
A Thai oil tanker has safely passed through the Strait of Hormuz following diplomatic coordination between Thailand and Iran, and was not required to pay to escape the blockade, a Thai official and the oil major that owns the vessel said reut.rs/4srbAVS
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said talks have already begun on the issue, as U.S. President Donald Trump again called for help from Tokyo and others in the key waterway.
Well now. @theguardian.com on UK’s man at Iran talks, but words of UK FM to parlia are crucial: “We did think that was an important track and we did want it to continue. That is one of the reasons for the position we took on the initial US strikes that took place”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Q: “So, hundreds of millions of dollars in grants were terminated from the NEH. The deficit didn’t change much. And you were paid $150,000 to do that job of reducing the deficit. Do you feel like the $150,000 paid to you was wasteful spending?”
A: *Laughs, frowns….long pause*
An Asahi Shimbun poll has found that 82% of Japanese people do not support America's attacks on Iran.
www.asahi.com/sp/articles/...
Tokyo is not currently planning to deploy the SDF to the Middle East, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said, after U.S. leader Donald Trump called for Japan and others to send warships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz. 👉 ebx.sh/SKl6uo
“Yeah, no”.
Just read this in a memcon from 1951 in FRUS about a conversation with one of Yoshida's advisors. Lol.
"The 'no-war' provisions of the Constitution should and can without great difficulty be amended at an early date to permit rearmament."
This Thursday verdict is due on Lèse-majesté & computer crimes case against Eight activists, for speeches given at protest on Nov 29th 2020. Amongst them is someone I respect a lot, Pimsiri Petchnamrob. This case been ongoing since Dec 2020 😖
#FreeOurFriends
Story of Naga who resist. #NoWarThaiCambodia
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Gambia, which brought the case says, it's “about real people, real stories and a real group of human beings – the Rohingya of Myanmar. They have been targeted for destruction. They are farmers, labourers, teachers, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, grandparents.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Chen Zhi had taken a low profile for years until Chinese state media showed video on Thursday of him being shackled and hooded and escorted by armed guards on the extradition flight from Cambodia.
My take for what it's worth on the extradition of Chen Zhi, founder of Prince Bank in Cambodia, by China.
#Cambodia #China #Trump #Maduro
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