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Thailand's Red Shirts Live in Fear of Reprisals
We´ll travel to “red strongholds” in the Thai countryside to show how they set up the rebellion and the reasons of their frustration.
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Soda Cans Recycled as Artificial Limbs in Thailand
In Chiang Mai, technicians at the Prostheses Foundation are busy making artificial legs. The group has built limbs free of charge for over 20 thousand amputees.
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CSI Thailand: Uncovering the Muslim Insurgency
Faced with increased Islamic extremism in the south of the country, Thai police employ forensic techniques to find 'terrorists.'
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Burma: Sexual Violence As A Weapon
In conflict situations in ethnic minority states of Burma, rape is used as a psychological and physical weapon. Women from these communities under attack by state military have to deal with the threat of sexual violence on a frequent basis. The Kachin Women's Association of Thailand collects evidence of the ongoing human rights violations, especially rape, and offers help to women fleeing conflict.
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Desperate Hill-Tribe Boys Turn to Sex Work
Young immigrants in Chiang Mai, Thailand find work in the underground sex industry which has become a magnet here for foreign pedophiles.
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Bangkok Ambulances Clash over Corpses
With no public health system in Thailand to take charge of traffic accident victims, private organizations compete for access to corpses and injured people. In often violent clashes between rival groups, it's the injured victims who pay the ultimate price.
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Thai Sex Workers Say Ends Justify Means
The sex industry and human trafficking in Thailand may appear as two sides of the same coin. Yet thousands of women choose this career.
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Myanmar Residents Cross Border for Health Care
Many wounded and ill Myanmar refugees escape to Thailand, only to be turned away from hospitals. They seek treatment at the Mae Tao Clinic.
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Burmese Refugees Face Abuse, Squalor in Thai Camps
Refugees fleeing Myanmar (Burma) find little solace in squalid refugee camps in Thailand. Exploitation, dangerous work, and a complete absence of labour rights and health and safety regulation are all exposed in this video.
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Amnesty International: Thai Security Units Torture Muslims
A Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand that erupted in January 2004 has claimed more than 3,500 lives. Most of the victims have been civilians.
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Land Mines: Threatening Security in Conflict-Ridden Areas
Since 2004 the number of people falling victim to land mines in conflict-ridden areas has risen. In ethnic minority communities of Eastern Burma, land mines are a threat to the security of thousands of people - civilians as well as armed forces - on a daily basis. Not only the government but also rebel groups and civilians have resorted to using the deadly or at least maiming weapon that has ruined too many lives already.
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In Myanmar Journalism Is Not For The Faint-Hearted
As Myanmar prepares for elections, the Democratic Voice of Burma's anonymous reporters work tirelessly to get real news out of the country.
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Map Ta Phut Villagers Sick Of Thai Industrial Pollution
In the last year alone, there's been more than a 100 funerals for villagers who've died from cancer and rare respiratory illnesses in Map Ta Phut district. According to the Eastern People's Network, which is fighting to halt further industrial expansion, many more "undiagnosed" deaths were transferred out of the province.
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Disabled Women are Bad Moms, Says Thai Society
Meet two disabled Thai women who are out to prove that they can raise children, work, and live normally in Bangkok.
