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Workers living on the Thai-Myanmar border say latest COVID-19 surge is putting their lives and livelihoods in jeopardy.
![Thai police escort the former police officer Thitisan Utthanaphon, known as 'Jo Ferrari', while leaving the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, August 26, 2021 [Sakchai Lalit/ AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AP21238604962226.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Footage of policemen using plastic bags to suffocate a drug suspect prompts calls for reform in Thailand.
![Anti-government protests resumed in Thailand this month as the pandemic increases new anger at the government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha [Thanachote Thanawikran/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AP21219353001471.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Anti-government leaders denied bail amid renewed protests calling for royal reform and prime minister to resign.
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Anti-gov’t protesters renew calls for parliament’s dissolution, rewriting of constitution and protection of dissidents.
![Thai soldiers take part in military exercises with the United States. Human rights groups have raised concern about an alleged culture of abuse within the armed forces [File: Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo]
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Death of drug suspect after violent interrogation has put spotlight on allegations of abuse in Thailand’s military.
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Experts worry people left penniless by coronavirus lockdowns will be easy prey for trafficking rings and forced labour.
![Thai Airways airplanes are parked on the tarmac at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, 15 April 2020. Thailand has extended a ban on inbound flights until the end of April to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS CoV-2 coronavirus, while a very small number of selected flights are allowed to take off. [EPA-EFE/DIEGO AZUBEL]
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‘Fit-to-fly’ rules leave Thai students, professionals, struggling to get home amid confusion over repatriation flights.
![According to the International Organization for Migration, Thailand was home to as many as five million migrant workers from neighbouring countries like Cambodia, Myanmar and others before the recent lockdown [Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/76c707c8180e428abd82463735b163c8_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Bangkok shutdown fuels mass exodus of migrants but those left behind worry about survival as factories close.
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People who live in Khlong Toey worry not only about the virus, but whether they will be able to support their families.
![Thanathorn addresses a press conference at the party's headquarters after the court ruling [Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/6238034ea79f45218dcfeb8f62b23286_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Future Forward Party accused of breaking election-funding laws over a $6m loan it received from its billionaire founder.