Tim Johnston comments on the coming together of human rights issues, the military and the Democrat premier in the Washington Post, 30 January 2009: “New Thai Premier Seen as Leaning Right; Reformists Worry”
Shawn W. Crispin examines the right wing slide, the role of the military and succession issues at Asia Times Online, 29 January 2009: “Abhisit’s conservative stripes”
Hong Kong-based Asia Sentinel on lèse majesté, 28 January 2009: “A cat can’t look at a queen”
Human rights groups in Thailand seem to have taken sides politically, according to The Nation, 28 January 2008: “Human rights defenders split into yellow and red camps”
Political Prisoners in Thailand 