Democracy Inaction
Democracy in Thailand cannot recover as long as martial law is still in effect. Pro-democracy groups are being victimized.
November 21, 2006
THE state of martial law in Thailand has begun to take its toll. The interim government in Thailand, which is still reluctant to lift the state of emergency, arrested Indonesian political researcher George Junus Aditjondro at the end of last week. He was deported from Thailand before he could attend a workshop on pro-democracy movements in Southeast Asia, being held in Pattaya. I was held where I could not contact or see anyone, then was flown ba
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