Here's the full join statement by Thailand and Cambodia aiming to end 3 weeks of armed border clashes that have killed dozens and displaced 100s of thousands of people in both countries. The 72 hour ceasefire has started since noon local.
MP and longtime activist @LookkateChonth1 sentenced to 2 years, 8 months for Facebook posts made in 2020
She has been an outspoken advocate of political reform. If not granted bail she will lose her position as a @PPLEThai MP
#WhatsHappeningInThailand
BREAKING: Former PM Thaksin was apprehended by immigration police at Don Mueang Airport after trying to board a private jet to Singapore. His passport has been confiscated too. #Thailand#Thaksin#ทักษิณชินวัตร
9.30h: Fmr Thai PM @ThaksinLive arrives at the Criminal Court before the verdict in the lèse majesté case against him. Like at previous hearings, he took a side entrance but couldn’t quite escape the media trying to get a glimpse of him.
With the Thai army using so much razor wire they have essentially run out, an unspoken casualty is ecological connectivity along the intact forest ecosystems along the border, crucial for Tigers, Elephants, Bears, Leopards ect.
This area has the potential to be a remarkably significant trans-boundary conservation area, complementing and equal to the world heritage site just to its west, yet it is being dotted with barriers, razor wire and landmines.
Eine Ausstellung über Unterdrückung und Zensur autoritärer Regime wird auf Druck eines autoritären Regimes zensiert. Keine Pointe. https://t.co/1EvywzFxN3
Thai police and officials have systematically failed to take action against those attacking migrants from #Cambodia who are working in #Thailand. There must be no looking the other way on such attacks, those responsible must be held accountable -- what I said to @RadioFreeAsia. https://t.co/4WLVKp6e6y
Adidas will shut down its Myanmar office, Adidas Sourcing Limited (Myanmar Branch), but the global sportswear giant says it will continue placing garment orders with local factories.
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Like so much else, the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict is a vestige of Western colonialism – in particular, of a treaty signed between Siam and French Indo-China in 1904. https://t.co/wmH3I2aDax
CEASEFIRE UPDATE: Cambodia rejects Thai allegations of ceasefire violations as both @armypr_news and @MFAThai make renewed accusations of attacks during the second night of ceasefire.