THE human rights lawyer representing detained protest leader Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, who was transferred to Ramathibodi Hospital for treatment yesterday after his condition deteriorated as a result of an over a month long hunger strike for not being granted bail is hopeful his mother and other relatives would be allowed to visit him
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Penguin sent to Ramathibodi Hospital for treatment
AS it was feared that detained protest leader Mr. Prit Chivarak, or Penguin, who has been on hunger strike since March 16 in order to be bailed out might go into shock, the Correction Department today (April 30) transferred him to Ramathibodi Hospital for treatment, Siam Rath newspaper said. The department’s Deputy Director-General and spokesman
Read moreTwo protest leaders bailed out, Penguin, Rung still on hunger strike
THE Criminal Court today (April 23) at 3 p.m. granted bail to two protest leader, Mr Somyot Prueksakasemsuk and Mr. Jarupat Boonpattararaksa, or Phai Dao Din, detained under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, Siam Rath newspaper said. In approving their request for provisional release the court forbade them
Read moreMonk asks for alms – fasting protest leaders’ lives
PHRA Phayom, the abbot of Wat Suan Kaew in Nonthaburi province, asked for alms in the form of the lives of Mr. Prit Chivarak, or Penguin, and Ms. Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or Rung, who both went on a hunger strike after being detained when bail was rejected over charges of violating Section 112 of the Criminal
Read morePenguin ‘completely exhausted after 11 days of hunger strike’
THE United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration posted a message today (March 27) that People’s Party leader Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, who went on a hunger strike after being refused bail and held in pretrial detention over charges of violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, is now
Read morePenguin speaks to mum after being moved to new prison
PEOPLE’S Party leader Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, was allowed to speak to his mother via a two-way radio this morning (March 23) after he was moved to a new prison to serve out a 15-day sentence for violating the jurisdiction of the court by announcing his hunger strike in the courtroom even though the
Read moreChina watching as UK’s aircraft carrier group is now ready to deploy
By Brad Lendon, CNN BRITAIN is officially an aircraft carrier power again. The Royal Navy announced on Monday (Jan. 4) that the UK’s Carrier Strike Group, centred on Britain’s largest ever warship, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, had achieved initial operating capability. The designation means the 65,000-ton carrier, its air assets including F-35 stealth fighter jets
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