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Washington (AFP) - Democracy faced sharp, widespread setbacks worldwide in 2023 with violence and manipulation marring a series of elections, Freedom House said Thursday. In its annual report, the US-funded pro-democracy advocacy and research group switched classifications for two countries, downgrading Ecuador from free to partly free and upgrading Thailand from not free to partly free. Overall, political rights and civil liberties declined in 52 countries and only 21 countries saw improvements, the 18th straight year that global freedom has declined and a much more lopsided trend than a year...
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Washington (AFP) - Young Thai reformist Pita Limjaroenrat, who led his party to the most votes in elections but was blocked from office, voiced hope Monday for long-term changes even if his own political fate is uncertain. Pita's Move Forward Party triumphed in May elections, backed by young and urban Thais disenchanted by a near-decade of rule by military-linked parties. But Move Forward wound up in opposition after election runners-up Pheu Thai allied with pro-military parties. Pita himself was suspended from parliament as the Constitutional Court rules on his alleged ownership in a now-defu...
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Washington (AFP) - Vice President Kamala Harris will represent the United States next month in Bangkok in the third in a trio of Asian summits, the White House confirmed Friday, as President Joe Biden returns for his granddaughter's wedding. Biden will travel on November 11 to the annual UN climate conference in Egypt before heading to the East Asia Summit in Cambodia and the Group of 20 in Bali, the White House said. But he will not attend the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum taking place in the Thai capital on November 18-19. Harris will attend instead and travel ...
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Jakarta (AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday began a Southeast Asia tour with a first stop in Jakarta that paralleled the visit of a senior Russian official. After talks with Blinken, Indonesian President Joko Widodo hosted Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, a close associate of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Indonesian officials said. Arriving after G7 foreign ministers' talks dominated by tensions with Russia, Blinken met with Widodo and "expressed support for Indonesia's leadership in the Indo-Pacific, as the world's third-largest democracy and a str...
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Bangkok (AFP) - An American expat in Thailand will avoid legal action and potential jail time for posting a negative TripAdvisor hotel review after he reached a settlement with the resort suing him, police said Thursday. Wesley Barnes wrote of encountering "unfriendly staff" who "act like they don't want anyone here" after a stay at the Sea View on Koh Chang island, famed for its sandy beaches and turquoise waters, in June.In another review that was taken down by the site for violating its guidelines, he accused the hotel of "modern day slavery." The resort later sued Barnes and he spent two d...
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Bangkok (AFP) - An American has been sued by an island resort in Thailand over a negative TripAdvisor review, authorities said Saturday, and could face up to two years in prison if found guilty.Domestic tourism is still happening in Thailand, where coronavirus numbers are relatively low, with locals and expats heading to near-empty resorts -- including Koh Chang island, famed for its sandy beaches and turquoise waters.But a recent visit to the Sea View Resort on the island landed Wesley Barnes in trouble after he wrote unflattering online reviews about his holiday."The Sea View Resort owner fi...
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