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Health warnings as Bangkok chokes on pollution

Air pollution in Bangkok reaches alarming levels as 200,000 people are hospitalized due to the harmful haze. More than 1.3 million people have fallen sick in Thailand this year due to air pollution, with 50 districts in Bangkok reporting unsafe levels of PM2.5 particles.

The Online Citizen
9 March 2023

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Women march as rights under threat across the globe

Women worldwide are protesting on International Women’s Day, defending rights increasingly under attack. Marches and rallies are taking place in capitals across the globe, with many reasons to protest, including the Taliban’s banning of women from universities, new US restrictions on abortion rights, and the impact of the Ukraine war on women. UN chief Antonio Guterres warned that progress on women’s rights is vanishing and gender equality will take another three centuries to achieve. Women are mobilising particularly over abortion rights following recent undermining in Hungary, Poland and the US.

The Online Citizen
8 March 2023

Thai man jailed for rubber duck calendar royal insult

A court in Thailand has jailed a man for two years for selling satirical calendars featuring yellow rubber ducks that prosecutors said defamed the royal family. Narathorn Chotmankongsin, 26, was initially given a three-year prison term but the sentence was commuted to two years without parole after the defendant gave testimony that was beneficial to the consideration.

The Online Citizen
8 March 2023

Muted response as Thai hunger strikers hit 50 days

Two young protesters in Thailand entered their 50th day of hunger strike, urging political parties to support the abolition of the kingdom’s tough lese majeste laws. However, even after seven weeks of hunger, the response to their protest has been muted, with many activists fearful of being charged with lese majeste if they voice support.