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Tough talk in the US

August 4th, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · 6 Comments

At this critical juncture in Thai history, lifting the sanctions against Thailand under Section 508 of the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act would send a clear message to the Thai military government: We endorse human rights abuses, we endorse media censorship, we endorse the theft of American intellectual property and we endorse the overthrow of freely elected [...]

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Tags: Coup · Surayud regime · Thailand · Trans-Border Issues