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Public urged to monitor legalisation of cannabis
The public is being urged to keep a close eye on every detail in the legalisation of medical marijuana, so that big pharmaceutical firms can be stopped from monopolising the market and putting patients at a disadvantage. In the past few months, there have been ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Equal marriage rights ‘still a dream’
It is not a 100 per cent certain that the Life Partnership Bill will become law this year and even if it does pass the legislation process and is finally enforced, there is no guarantee that it will give equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.Keep ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Cabinet endorses civil partnership bill
The cabinet has approved the civil partnership bill, paving the way for Thailand to become the first country in Asia to endorse same-sex marriage. In the current version of the bill, same-sex couples may adopt children, Nathporn Chatusripitak, an adviser to the Minister to Prime ...
Chatrudee Theparat
Court tosses suit against 5 'violators'
The Chiang Mai district court on Tuesday (Dec, 25) threw out a lawsuit against five people, including a prominent academic, who were charged in connection with an illegal political assembly in July of last year. The dismissal of the lawsuit was based on Order No.22/2018 ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Cannabis growers will be given guidelines: Prajin
Farmers planning to grow cannabis once it is legalised for medical and research purposes next month have been told to contact authorities.“Interested persons should start studying relevant information on how to select cannabis varieties, prepare hothouses and control the temperature,” Justice Minister ACM Prajin Juntong ...
The Nation Reporter
WHO recognizes anti-HIV drugs produced in Thailand
The big news last year in the pharmaceutical industry is a self-produced anti-HIV drug in Thailand that the World Health Organization finally certified this year, making the price 18 times lower.Keep watching ...
Widening gap of wealth
Thailand is among the countries with the largest gap between the rich and the poor, with a disproportionate slice of the national wealth and income going to the wealthiest 1 percent of the population.Keep reading ...
The 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1st Anniversary of Thailand’s Human Rights National Agenda: Towards a Caring and Sharing Society
On 14 December 2018, the Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Rights and Liberties Protection Department of the Ministry of Justice, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Regional Office for South-East Asia, and the United Nations ...
UN rights agency calls on govt to ensure new anti-torture law meets standards
The United Nations human-rights body yesterday urged the government to ensure that the proposed law against torture and enforced disappearance meets international standards fully.The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) voted 167:3 yesterday to pass the first reading of the bill that criminalises torture and forced disappearance. ...
The Nation Reporter
Google launches Thai AI project to screen for diabetic eye disease
Google said on Thursday (Dec,13) it had launched an artificial intelligence program in Thailand to screen for a diabetic eye disease which causes permanent blindness.The eye screening program in Thailand follows a similar Google program in India and highlights a push by big tech companies ...
