This is the third in a series of stories by Coconuts Bangkok about modern day slavery flourishing across borders in Southeast Asia. Read the first and second. When Dew arrived for a Tuesday morning hearing to the Criminal Court an hour before it opened, it was already packed with other…
This is the second in a series of stories by Coconuts Bangkok about modern day slavery flourishing across borders in Southeast Asia. The 40-year-old man calmly sipped iced coffee inside a Bangkok chain cafe in a plain white T-shirt. To anyone else, he would appear just another cafe customer taking…
Starting next month, women may obtain abortions up to the 20th week of pregnancy – eight more weeks than before – but advocates say the law still falls short of providing access to safe abortions for all women. Though the new law promulgated yesterday allows women to terminate pregnancies within…
Cannabis activists reacted with dismay Friday to lawmakers’ decision to shoot down legislation that would regulate cannabis, saying it was a self-defeating political move. Longtime advocates said opposition lawmakers missed the opportunity to put needed regulations in place by voting down the Cannabis Act on Wednesday. They believe it was…