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  • ‘A little win for us’: Thailand basks in excitement around White Lotus season three

    This time the hit TV series features Thailand’s homegrown K-pop sensation, Lisa, and local beauty spots. The country’s tourism industry is getting ready for a boost

    Geeratiya Aunjarorn, like many ­people in Thailand, didn’t know much about The White Lotus, the series that has gripped audiences in the US and UK, until early last year. But when it was announced that ­season three would not only be filmed in her country, but would also ­feature one of Thailand’s most famous pop stars, Lalisa Manobal – better known ­simply as Lisa – Geeratiya and legions of other fans have followed the ­filming closely.

    Over the past year, photos of the crew filming on the tourist islands of Phuket and Samui have gone viral across Lisa fan pages, and hashtags speculated on the kind of character the singer, from the K pop group Blackpink, might play. A premiere was held in Bangkok on Friday night and ­season three will be released on Sunday in the US and on Mondaytomorrow in the UK.

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    15 February 15 2025
    The White Lotus
    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/15/thailand-the-white-lotus-season-three-lisa
  • Saying ‘women’ is not allowed, but ‘men’ and ‘white’ are OK? I’m (not) shocked | Arwa Mahdawi

    Thanks to Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders attacking a number of terms, ‘women’ is literally being erased

    Thanks to the intolerant left, nobody can say the word “women” any more! Do you remember when that was a major talking point in certain quarters? Prominent columnists wrote endless pieces declaring that the word “women” had “become verboten”. The thought police, these people claimed, were forcing everyone to say “bodies with vaginas” and “menstruators” instead. Even the likes of Margaret Atwood tweeted articles with headlines like: “Why can’t we say ‘woman’ anymore?”

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    15 February 15 2025
    Women
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/15/trump-banning-words-women
  • Guy Horton obituary

    My friend Guy Horton, who has died aged 73, was a human rights defender, journalist and educator who spent much of his life dedicated to helping others, whether on the frontline of conflict, or mentoring young people such as myself.

    From 1998 to 2005, while working for the Brussels-based Euro-Burma Office (EBO), among others, Guy uncovered widespread human rights violations in eastern Myanmar against the Karen and Shan ethnic groups, following a 50-year war between the Burmese government and indigenous peoples. His 2005 report, Dying Alive, and supporting video footage was submitted to the UN security council in 2007. The UN committee on the prevention of genocide later carried out an investigation and placed Myanmar on the genocide watchlist.

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    14 February 14 2025
    Human rights
    https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb/14/guy-horton-obituary
  • Thai hostages return home after being released by Hamas – video

    Five Thai nationals released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel return home to emotional reunions with family. The men had been working in southern Israel when they were abducted by Hamas militants during the attack on 7 October 2023. A total of 31 Thai nationals were taken hostage, with 23 of them released in 2023, and two confirmed dead several months later. One Thai worker is still believed to be alive in Gaza

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    9 February 09 2025
    Israel-Gaza war
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/feb/09/thai-hostages-return-home-after-being-released-by-hamas-video
  • ‘We never gave up’: tears and elation as freed Thai hostages return home from Gaza

    The group of five workers were greeted at Bangkok airport by overjoyed family members and officials after being held for over a year in Gaza

    The families of five Thai farm workers held hostage in Gaza for over a year wept with joy and hugged their loved ones as they arrived in Bangkok on Sunday.

    The group smiled as they walked into the arrivals hall at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport after being freed on 30 January as part of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the Israel-Gaza war.

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    9 February 09 2025
    Thailand
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/09/thailand-hostages-return-gaza-bangkok
  • Elephant in the womb? Thailand brings in birth control for pachyderms

    Authorities are hoping to to slow population growth and curb conflict with humans

    Thailand will begin giving birth control to a small number of wild female elephants this year, as the country struggles with the growing problem of human-elephant conflict.

    Asian elephants have been classified as endangered since 1986. But Thai authorities say that conservation efforts mean the country’s population is growing at a rate of 8% each year, overwhelming its depleted forests. This has caused the animals to increasingly stray into nearby populated areas, causing damage to farmland, homes and even deaths.

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    7 February 07 2025
    Thailand
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/07/elephant-in-the-womb-thailand-brings-in-birth-control-for-pachyderms
  • ‘I told my son to keep strong – let’s wait for dad’: Thailand hopes for return of its last Hamas hostage

    Five of the last six Thai nationals have been released by Hamas. For one nine-year-old, the agonising wait continues for the return of his father

    Narissara Jantasang’s nine-year-old son was brimming with excitement as he watched footage of Thai hostages being released from Gaza on Thursday. Then he noticed his mother had started to cry. “He asked me: ‘what’s going on, Mom?’” Narissara says. “He realised his dad was not one of those released.”

    Five of the remaining six Thai nationals still being held in Gaza were released on Thursday, after 15 months in captivity. Nattapong Pinta, 36, however, was not among them. Of dozens of Thais kidnapped by Hamas from the farms on which they were working in southern Israel on 7 October 2023, he is the last to remain.

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    31 January 31 2025
    Israel-Gaza war
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/31/thai-hostage-release-hamas-nattapong-pinta
  • Five Thai hostages freed from Gaza after more than a year in captivity – video

    Five Thai hostages were among eight people released on Thursday as part of an ongoing ceasefire and exchange deal between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza. Three Israelis were also released. The ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian armed groups is in its second week

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    30 January 30 2025
    Israel-Gaza war
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/jan/30/five-thai-hostages-freed-from-gaza-after-more-than-a-year-in-captivity-video
  • Thai police detain British husband of Thai woman found dead in Yorkshire Dales

    David Armitage, resident in Thailand since 2004 death of Lamduan Armitage, detained by immigration officials

    The British husband of Lamduan Armitage, a Thai woman whose body was found in a stream in the Yorkshire Dales in 2004, has been detained by police in Thailand.

    David Armitage, a university lecturer, has been detained in Bangkok by immigration officials after an investigation into his visa.

    According to the BBC, Armitage, who has a resident visa, was detained at his house in Kanchanaburi on Thursday before being transferred to the Bangkok immigration detention centre while the country’s authorities prepare to revoke his visa.

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    25 January 25 2025
    Thailand
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/25/thai-police-detain-british-husband-of-thai-woman-found-dead-in-yorkshire-dales
  • Relatives plead with Thailand not to deport 48 Uyghur men to China

    Detainees fear their return could be imminent despite UN experts urging Bangkok to halt possible transfer

    Relatives of Uyghurs detained in Thailand for more than a decade have begged the Thai authorities not to deport the 48 men back to China, after the detainees suggested their return appeared imminent.

    A UN panel of experts this week urged Thailand to “immediately halt the possible transfer”, saying the men were at “real risk of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment if they are returned”.

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    25 January 25 2025
    Uyghurs
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/24/relatives-plead-thailand-not-deport-uyghur-men-china