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Janjira Sombatpoonsiri

Janjira Sombatpoonsiri

Bangkok

Janjira Sombatpoonsiri is a research fellow at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and an Assistant Professor at Thailand's Chulalongkorn University.

Articles

Democracy and society | 29.08.2024

Trouble in paradise

Thailand’s elites are exploiting judicial power to undermine democratic institutions, thereby entrenching the country’s authoritarianism

Asia | 31.08.2020

Thailand’s anti-establishment protests

For many young people, these protests are the last chance to fight for a better politics that respects popular sovereignty

Asia | 16.05.2019

Weaponizing cyber law

Autocratic regimes previously relied on legal and bureaucratic tools to impede civic activism. Now, they also use cyber law