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faab64@diasp.org
Farhad A

Thailand: Leading activist Anon Nampa jailed over calls for royal reform

Anon Nampa is jailed for four years under lese-majeste laws which have been hotly debated this year.

One of #Thailand's most prominent political activists, Arnon Nampa, has been sentenced to four years in #prison under the country's much-criticised royal defamation, or lese-majeste law.

He was convicted by a court in #Bangkok over comments he made during a protest in October 2020.

Thailand's lese-majeste law forbids anyone from insulting the monarchy on pain of harsh jail sentences.

It has been increasingly enforced since the #military took power in a 2014 #coup.

#Humanrights #politics #Asia
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66920855

Thailand: Leading activist Anon Nampa jailed over calls for royal reform

Anon Nampa is jailed for four years under lese-majeste laws which have been hotly debated this year.

wakonda@societas.online
Paranormal-Activity

In an intriguing incident that unfolded on the evening of July 26, 2023, a resident of Saphan Sung in #Bangkok claimed to have witnessed an enigmatic, egg-shaped object hurtling through the sky at an astonishing speed. The report was submitted to the National #UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) and has left both the witness and local residents mystified. #ufo #ovni https://activite-paranormale.net/news/read/18683/mysterious-egg-shaped-object-zooms-across-bangkok-sky

Mysterious Egg-Shaped Object Zooms Across Bangkok Sky

magdoz@diaspora.psyco.fr
magdoz

#Inondations : une menace planétaire
https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/057481-000-A/inondations-une-menace-planetaire/

Les mégapoles côtières sont de plus en plus exposées aux inondations. Comment prévenir ces catastrophes, aux conséquences humaines et économiques désastreuses ? De #NewYork à #Bangkok en passant par #Tokyo, une ambitieuse enquête.

#Documentaire #Eau #Urbanisme #Métropoles #Barrages #Littoral #Gratte-ciel #Béton #Société #Consommation

Inondations : une menace planétaire - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE

Les mégapoles côtières sont de plus en plus exposées aux inondations. Comment prévenir ces catastrophes, aux conséquences humaines et économiques désastreuses ? De New York à Bangkok en passant par Tokyo, une ambitieuse enquête.

steelnomad@diasp.org
steelnomad

The Dragon Temple in Samphran

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About 40 km west of #Bangkok lies the district of #Samphran, where there is a rather odd-looking #Wat or #Buddhist #temple. The temple complex has a giant #golden #Buddha #statue and several #shrines and smaller #statues within, but the one that draws the eyes of tourists is a 17-storey pink #tower with an enormous #dragon wrapped around it. The dragon is hollow and is possible to climb through its body all the way to the top, but the stairs are in such poor condition that only a few isolated sections of the dragon are safe to climb. Some parts of the temple are also closed to the public or to foreigners.

#architecture #asia

The Dragon Temple in Samphran

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oleander_coconutyoga@pod.geraspora.de
Oleander

Seit einigen Wochen arbeite ich an einem Porträt über den Schriftsteller und "Gonzo"-Journalisten Hunter S. Thompson.
In zwei Wochen sollte das Ding stehen, sofern ich bis dahin nicht endgültig in den Wahnsinn abgeglitten bin.

Heute möchte ich nochmal die #Videolesung "Lost in Transit" ans Herz legen. Stark beeinflusst von der Lektüre Hunters.
Über eine verhängnisvolle Nacht in #Bangkok:

https://reflexioneneinessuchenden.blogspot.com/2020/03/videolesung-lost-in-transit.html

#Reisen #Thailand #Gonzo #Absturz #Hangover #Literatur

Videolesung: Lost in Transit

Videolesung von der Geschichte "Lost in Transit" aus dem Buch "The Travel Episodes", erschienen bei Piper/Malik in der Reihe "National Geographic"

faceman@pod.geraspora.de
OLD ACCOUNT, -> rixty_dixet@squeet.me <-

#ThisWeekInPictures: Oct. 14 - 21 by NBC News
Battle for Mosul begins, presidential candidates have a laugh at dinner, a pygmy anteater makes its debut, and more.

14 PHOTOS


1. #Iraqi #soldiers #walk on a #road as #smoke billows from the #Qayyarah #area, about 35 miles south of #Mosul, on Oct. 19, 2016, during an #operation against #ISIL to retake the main hub #city. In the biggest Iraqi #military operation in years, #forces have retaken dozens of #villages, mostly south and east of Mosul, and are planning multiple #assaults for October 20.
YASIN AKGUL / AFP - Getty Images


2. #Commuters are #dressed in #black and #white or #dark colored #clothing mourning the #death of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej during the #morning rush hour at a #station in #Bangkok on Oct. 17.
ISSEI KATO / Reuters


3. 89th Airlift Wing Vice Commander Col. Christopher M. Thompson loses his hat with the blast from #Air #Force #One, with #President Barack #Obama aboard, as it departs from #Andrews Air Force #Base, Md. on Oct. 20 en route to #Miami to encourage #people to sign up for #health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act during an upcoming enrollment period.
Jose Luis Magana / AP


4. A #street #vendor selling #paintings #drinks hot #tea while waiting for #customers on a #sidewalk in central #Lviv, #Ukraine on Oct. 20.
GLEB GARANICH / Reuters


5. #Democratic presidential #candidate Hillary #Clinton, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, #Archbishop of #NewYork, and #Republican presidential candidate Donald #Trump share a laugh during the Alfred E. Smith #Memorial #Foundation #dinner on Oct. 20 in New York.
Evan Vucci / AP


6. A #Ukrainian #serviceman #fires a 2S7 Pion self-propelled #gun during #military #exercises near the #village of #Divychky in #Kiev #region, #Ukraine on Oct. 21.
VALENTYN OGIRENKO / Reuters


7. North #Korean #traffic #police #women chat next to a #residential #building while off duty on Oct. 18, 2016, in #Pyongyang, North #Korea.
Wong Maye-E / AP


8. A vet holds a #pygmy anteater, also known as a #silky #anteater, at the #Huachipa #Zoo, on the outskirts of #Lima, #Peru on Oct. 19. The zoo presented on Wednesday three anteater #species: #giant #bears, #tamanduas, and #pygmies, during an #event to promote their pair of silky #anteaters, who just turned 11 years old. The zoo is preparing a #breeding #program of this #rare species, that does not exceed 13 cm.
Martin Mejia / AP


9. Newly displaced #people wait to receive #food #supplies at a #processing center for displaced people In #Qayyara, south of #Mosul, #Iraq on Oct. 21.
ZOHRA BENSEMRA / Reuters


10. #Soldiers of the #Sudan #People #Liberation #Army ( #SPLA ) #celebrate while standing in #trenches in #Lelo, outside #Malakal, northern South #Sudan, on Oct. 16. Heavy #fighting #broke out on October 14 between the #government's SPLA and #opposition #forces in #Wajwok and Lalo #villages, outside Malakal. SPLA #commanders claim they succeeded to keep their positions and assure their #forces just responded "on self #defence".
ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN / AFP - Getty Images


11. #Smoke rises from a #building after #shelling in the #rebel held besieged #town of #Douma, eastern #Ghouta in #Damascus, #Syria on Oct. 19.
BASSAM KHABIEH / Reuters


12. #Migrants are seen during #rescue #operation in the #Mediterranea #Sea on Oct. 20.
Yara Nardi / Italian Red Cross via Reuters


13. #Members of an #evangelic #church attend church #damaged by #Hurricane #Matthew, in the commune of #Roche-a-Bateaux, in #LesCayes, #Haiti, on Oct. 16. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced distress at the "absolute #devastation" caused by the deadly hurricane in Haiti, and disappointment at the little #emergency #aid reaching the struggling #nation.
HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP - Getty Images


14. The #Orbital #ATK #Antares #rocket, with the #Cygnus #spacecraft onboard stands on launch Pad-0A during sunrise at #NASA's #Wallops #Flight #Facility on Oct. 16 in Wallops #Island, #Virginia. Orbital ATK's sixth contracted #cargo resupply #mission with NASA to the #ISS will deliver over 5,100 pounds of #science and #research, #crew supplies and #vehicle #hardware to the orbital #laboratory and its crew.
Bill Ingalls/NASA / NASA via Getty Images

#image #photo #picture #pictures #foto #photography #photograph

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