Archive | December, 2010

Posted on 27 December 2010

You’ve Got Cholera

Haiti’s cholera epidemic took place some 10,000 miles from my home in Thailand, but I watched it unfold with more than just academic interest. I recently woke up feeling too nauseous to even sip water. Then diarrhea struck. A few hours later, weak and dehydrated, I was being wheeled into a Bangkok hospital, my blood [...]

Is the Thai Military Torturing Detainees? Posted on 1 December 2010

Is the Thai Military Torturing Detainees?

TIME.com
1 December 2010

War logs published via WikiLeaks suggest that the U.S. military ignored torture by its Iraqi allies. Those allegations still resonate in Thailand, and not just because this staunch U.S. ally is fighting an insurgency of its own. America and Thailand share a history of torture.