Shortly before the elections, Thai student activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal came under fire for his resistance to the military draft at a time in which the draft has proved increasingly controversial as a campaign issue...
In 2017, the student press founded by Thai student activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal published เวลาอยู่ข้างเรา: หนังสือวันเกิดโจชัว หว่อง (Time is on our side: A book for Joshua Wong’s 21st birthday), which included translations of Liu Xiaobo’s ‘The June second hunger strike declaration’ and Martin Luther King, Jr’s ‘Letter from Birmingham city jail.’ I talked with Netiwit at the beginning of July about his translation of King’s ‘Letter,’ the influence of Black political thought on his activism, and the politics of civil disobedience in Thailand...
The Chulalongkorn University administration in Thailand is expected to target student activist Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, after a pro-democracy student orientation organized by Chotiphatphaisal. The student orientation took place on July 20th...