. By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHULALONGKORN AND THAMMASAT university students have today (Jan.20) begun to move in support of a resolute call for unconditional, immediate release of 21 detained political activists. Large banners were spotted dangling from some buildings in the premises of Chulalongkorn University and Thammasat University’s Tha Prachan campus with statements encouraging students
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Prayut’s 8-year tenure based on constitution’s design and letter: Thammasat dean
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A PROMINENT LAW ACADEMIC yesterday (August 13) advised that the ongoing controversy over Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s eight-year tenure be primarily settled on the basis of the recorded design and letter of the constitution and not of anyone’s arbitrary assumptions. Munin Pongsapan, dean of Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law, posted on
Read moreFormer Thammasat rector says he is being harassed
THAMMASAT University’s former rector Prof. Dr. Chanwit Kasetsiri said in a post with surveillance camera photos attached that he is being harassed and stalked by four men who came to his condo but upon not finding him at home took a photo of the front of the unit and left, Matichon newspaper said (Mar.
Read more1976 university massacre remembered, this year’s award goes to Penguin
STUDENTS and the general public today (Oct. 6) joined the activity entitled “October 6 the Unpaid Blood Debt” at the Historical Sculpture Park within Thammasat University, Tha Prachan campus, with this year’s Jarupong Thongsin Award going to protest leader Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, Thai Rath newspaper said. On October 6, 1976, state forces
Read moreThammasat University medical student infected with Covid-19
AN urgent announcement was issued by Thammasat University’s Facebook page Thammasat Today this morning (Feb. 16) that it has been confirmed a medical student at the Rangsit campus has got infected with coronavirus, Sanook.com reported. The initial announcement said, “Urgent! A medical student at TU’s Rangsit campus has caught Covid-19. Confirmation will be made through
Read moreThammasat: Reports of students infected with Covid-19 fake news
THAMMASAT University today (Oct. 1) categorically denied any of its students have been infected by Covid-19 as claimed by widely circulated news reports with the administrators branding them as fake news, Siam Rath newspaper reported. The false reports are based on a fake document dated September 22, 2020 which the university administration debunked and stated
Read moreDemonstration starts at Thammasat University Tha Prachan campus
LEADERS of the demonstrators, who call themselves Thammasat Alliance and their rally “September 19 Reclaiming People’s Power”, were to start giving speeches from 2 p.m. onwards at Thammasat University Tha Prachan campus’ football field, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Sept. 19, 2020). The demonstrators had pushed their way into campus through the gate after cutting
Read morePolice move to arrest six Thammasat University students
PATHUM THANI provincial police have collected evidence to present to Thanyaburi Provincial Court to consider issuing arrest warrants against six students leaders of the August 10 rally at Thammasat University Rangsit campus on four charges, Naewna newspaper and INN News said this evening (August 18, 2020). The six student leaders are Ms. Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or
Read moreThammasat student leader says she is safe for now
THE LEADER of student demonstrators who had raised a 10-point manifesto on reforming the monarchy during Monday’s rally at Thammasat University Rangsit campus said today (August 13) that she is safe and thanked her friends and supporters for helping monitor the situation, Naewna newspaper reported. Ms. Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or Rung, the leader of the “Thammasat
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