‘I’d be Thailand’s leader now if the system wasn’t rigged’

Thailand has “cycled through prime ministers with dizzying speed, driven by this same game of political roulette,” says Pita Limjaroenrat, the former leader of Thailand’s Move Forward Party. As “Thailand shows, autocratic forces today secure their grip not only with tanks and rifle butts.” They “wield the velvet cudgel of lawfare: the undemocratic use of legal mechanisms and nominally independent bodies to dissolve parties, disqualify candidates and cripple opposition.” In “Thailand, nonelected institutions remain stronger than the will of the people.”

‘9/11 was avenged on us. On its anniversary, I refuse to forgive.’

Forgiveness is “never simple, especially when justice has yet to be served,” says Mansoor Adayfi. There were “co

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