http://www.fccthai.com News stories about the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand en-gb http://www.fccthai.com/Bulletin/fcctlogoTN.jpg http://www.fccthai.com 129 30 New logo for the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand 20, Sep 2010 7:25:20 GMTFor a government that hasn't yet held anyone accountable for killing scores of pro-democracy protestors, backtracks from elections and silences opposition media, the best kind of press coverage is no coverage at all. Which makes Thailand's decision to curtail free speech at the nation's biggest foreign press club more than passing strange.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703743504575494732608790928.html For a government that hasn't yet held anyone accountable for killing scores of pro-democracy protestors, backtracks from elections and silences opposition media, the best kind of press coverage is no coverage at all. Which makes Thailand's decision to curtail free speech at the nation's biggest foreign press club more than passing strange.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703743504575494732608790928.html BANGKOK-Thailand's decision to block a press conference criticizing Vietnam's human rights record is a concern for human rights activists and freedom of speech advocates, including opponents of Burma's ruling military junta.http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=19493 Russian arms dealer Victor Bout on Friday read a statement dictated earlier by her husband in Bangkwang Central Prison specifically rejecting US government allegations regarding his involvement in the arms trade.http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/95612.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/prachataienglish/~3/oH_WLfLsf8g/2035 Government clampdown on human rights press conference does not follow the Asean objective to promote discussion of the issuehttp://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/09/14/opinion/Thailand-has-tarnished-its-own-rights-image-30137873.html Hanoi - The Vietnamese government on Wednesday thanked Thailand for preventing two activists from travelling to Bangkok to present a report on human rights in Vietnam.http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1584594.php/Vietnam-thanks-Thailand-for-blocking-rights-activists BANGKOK - The Thai government blocked a planned news conference Monday on Vietnamese human rights because it feared the disclosures might insult the neighboring country http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/economy/ap/thailand-blocks-news-conference-on-vietnams-human-rights-record-drawing-criticism-102775424.html Thailand has refused two human rights advocates entry into the country to prevent them from holding a news conference about a report on conditions in Vietnamhttp://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Thailand-Halts-News-Conference-on-Vietnams-Human-Rights-Record-102763224.html On Sunday, a foreign ministry spokesman wrote to the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT), the host of the Vietnam event, asking the club to respect this policy. The FCCT refused to cancel the press conference, which had been ...http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2010/09/criticize-vietnams-rights-record-just.html But, as he launched "Than Shwe: Unmasking Burma's Tyrant" at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Bangkok recently, he admitted to encountering limitations as well as challenges. Access to Than Shwe and his inner circle was out of the ...http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/09/13/the-nation-thailand-book-review-burmas-top-dog/ BANGKOK - THAILAND has threatened to deny visas to activists attending a Vietnamese ... to the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) in Bangkok . ...http://admpreview.straitstimes.com:90/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp%3Fvgnextoid%3D207eed2a1d40b210VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD%26vgnextchannel%3D711dfcb3bcc1b110VgnVCM100000350a0a0aRCRD Thailand's Foreign Ministry had on Friday urged the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT), which was to be used as a venue for the event, ...http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE68C10N20100913 The ministry pressed the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) to cancel the event scheduled for this morning, but it asked the government to reconsider its request, the club said in a note to members yesterday. ...http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/09/13/politics/Rights-activists-banned-from-talking-here-30137845.html The Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand issued a statement yesterday: Approximately one month ago, the FCCT accepted a booking from the Paris-based ...http://asiancorrespondent.com/bangkok-pundit-blog/thai-government-denies-visas-to The Foreign Correspondents' Club, which hosts local and international news ... New York?based Human Rights Watch noted that Thailand is the current chair of ...http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article631221.ece%3Fservice%3Dmobile At the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT), at least two phone calls were received from unknown people, asking for Dan Rivers' home address. ...http://blogs.straitstimes.com/2010/9/5/cnn-s-rivers-leaving-thailand%3Fprintfriendly%3D1 Paris, 12 September 2010: The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) announced today that it has been under pressure by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs to cancel a press conference on human rights in Vietnam, organized by ...http://vietamreview.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2010/9/13/4628835.html The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights and the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights planned a press conference Monday at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) to publish the report titled From Rhetoric to ...http://teakdoor.com/thailand-and-asia-news/79387-thailand-opposes-bangkok-launch-vietnam-human.html He explained the position in a written statement to the FCCT on Friday. ''While the Royal Thai Government attaches great importance to the principles of ...http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/195925/rights-group-slams-move-to-deny-visas-for-activists The press conference, earlier scheduled this morning at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT), was intended at presenting to the Bangkok-based ...http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/195978/fidh-slams-thai-vietnam-collusion On Sunday, a foreign ministry spokesman wrote to the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT), the host of the Vietnam event, asking the club to ...http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0913/Criticize-Vietnam-s-rights-record-just-not-in-Thailand ... the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights had planned a press conference Monday at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) to release the report. ...http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1584093.php/Vietnam-pressured-Thailand-to-block-visas-activists-say The Government has attached great importance to freedom of the press, and the sheer size of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand alone should ...http://en.thaiembassymoscow.com/news/?section=news&artid=77 Nirmal Ghosh, a past president of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand and the Bangkok correspondent for The Straits Times, points out a full set of ...http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/reporters-risked-all-during-thais-bloody-week/story-e6frg996-1225870280532