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Human Rights Abuses Rampant in Myanmar While Fair Elections Remain Elusive
The country's slow democratization continues to be marred by mass humanitarian and electoral issues.
The UN Has Condemned Thailand's Crackdown on Human Rights Advocates
Police officers broke up an event meant to publicize the state of human rights in the country since its military coup in May.
VICE News Capsule - Friday, August 15
Protests in Ferguson, Ukrainian government shelling rebel-held strongholds and more.
Thailand’s Military Government Thinks John Oliver Is a Threat to Its Monarchy
A leaked official document shows that the junta is monitoring Oliver after he mocked the Thai government and crown prince on his HBO show.
Thousands of Cambodian Migrant Workers Flee Thailand
Human rights groups have been investigating alleged violence and killings of Cambodian workers during Thai police-led raids.
Thailand's Junta Is Giving Free Haircuts to Make People Happy
The Thai Royal Army is putting on free concerts and festivals —and giving free desserts and haircuts — to promote happiness after the coup.
Thai Military Bans Hunger Games Salute: What Protesters Can Take From Hollywood
We may not live under a military junta, but we can still take capitalism's representations of revolution for our own purposes.
Thailand's Military Is Forcing People to Stop Worrying and Love the Coup
After telling people to forget the past, the Thai military is detaining anyone who refuses to agree that its coup isn't so bad after all.
From Insanity to Death: Inside Burma’s Drug Eradication Museum
In the center of Burma’s former capital city Yangon, you’ll find the Drugs Elimination Museum. As an insight into the strangeness and paranoia that has pervaded Burmese society for decades—and that still linger today despite the country’s abrupt turn...
Ex-Workers Have Hijacked Greece's Former Public Broadcaster
Last Saturday night, some 20,000 people marched from the Polytechnic to the city's US embassy to both commemorate the students' battle against the CIA-backed junta of the 70s and to link it to today's struggles against austerity and state oppression.