Julian assange and Glen Greenwald are not on the same page. Japan is not backwards. It looks that way in our web video of the week. Thailand and its media are under the control of the army once again. The coup de tat, thailands 5th since 1977 brought an end to another collatcally elected government. The last time this happened was in 2006 when a business tycoon overthrown. This time, it was his sister, yingluk being ousted. Although he was seen as the power behind the throne pulling the strings from due by. Thailands new military leader is general priuth chanocha. When martial law was declared, half of the provisions in that law dealt specifically with the thai media and freedom of expression. Since then, journalists have been arrested. Others have been schooled on how to report the coup to put a lid on a debate. Im Thomas Draytondraiton. Our starting point this week is bangkok. May 20th, the Thai Military declares martial law. Its 2014, but the announcement by general chan ocha made a
Japan is not backwards. It looks that way in our web video of the week. Thailand and its media are under the control of the army once again. The coup de tat, thailands 5th since 1977 brought an end to another collatcally elected government. The last time this happened was in 2006 when a business tycoon overthrown. This time, it was his sister, yingluk being ousted. Although he was seen as the power behind the throne pulling the strings from due by. Thailands new military leader is general priuth chanocha. When martial law was declared, half of the provisions in that law dealt specifically with the thai media and freedom of expression. Since then, journalists have been arrested. Others have been schooled on how to report the coup to put a lid on a debate. Is this a temporary setback for Media Freedom in thailand or a sign of more permanent things to come . Our starting point this week is bangkok. May 20th, the Thai Military declares martial law. Its 2014, but the announcement by general
Page. Japan is not backwards. It looks that way in our web video of the week. Thailand and its media are under the control of the army once again. The coup de tat, thailands 5th since 1977 brought an end to another collatcally elected government. The last time this happened was in 2006 when a business tycoon with major Media Holdings was overthrown. This time, it was his sister, yingluk being ousted. Although he was seen as the power behind the throne pulling the strings from due by. Thailands new military leader is general priuth chanocha. When martial law was declared, half of the provisions in that law dealt specifically with the thai media and freedom of expression. Since then, journalists have been arrested. Others have been schooled on how to report the coup to put a lid on a debate. Is this a temporary setback for Media Freedom in thailand or a sign of more permanent things to come . Our starting point this week is bangkok. May 20th, the Thai Military declares martial law. Its 2
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