Search results for ‘Thailand’
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Washington gunman ‘friendless’ and ‘fond of guns’ – ex-boss
Exclusive: suspected Washington gunman Aaron Alexis was “friendless” and “often complained of racial discrimination”, his former boss tells Channel 4 News.
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British grandmother loses death sentence appeal
British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford loses her appeal against a death sentence for trafficking £1.6m of drugs into the resort island of Bali.
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Thai officials under pressure over trafficking of Rohingya
Thailand’s media is taking up the search for answers following an exclusive Channel 4 News report on the trafficking of Burmese refugees.
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Thai police arrest ‘notorious’ human trafficking leader
Thai authorities arrest and charge a suspected human trafficker, accused of masterminding the sale of hundreds of Burmese migrants into slavery aboard fishing boats.
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Nightmare island where traffickers imprison Burma’s Rohingya
Beaten, imprisoned and sold into slavery – Channel 4 News reveals the fate of Burma’s Muslim Rohingya refugees, who flee conflict only to end up in the clutches of brutal human traffickers.
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Smash! Badminton players fight on court
An investigation is launched after a fight breaks out between two former doubles partners at the Canada Open. Thailand’s Bodin Issara appeared to chase and punch compatriot Maneepong Jongjit.
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FactCheck: the plain truth about cigarette packaging
The government has put off introducing plain cigarette packets because it says there’s no evidence of any impact. FactCheck begs to differ.
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Burma's Rohingyas: how journalism really can make a difference
Journalists are not universally admired, but as I found after making a film about the plight of Burma’s Rohingya Muslims, what we do often pricks the consciences of the poweful.
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The plight of Burma's Rohingya Muslims in a Thai camp
As Thailand struggles with an influx of Rohingya Muslims from Burma, John Sparks visits a camp where conditions are desperately over-crowded, with barely room to sit.
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Rohingya refugees from Burma kept in appalling conditions
Thousands of Muslim refugees who have fled religious persection in Burma have been locked up in overcrowded caged cells in detention centres in Thailand.
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Bomb detector businessman facing jail over £50m fraud
Millionaire businessman James McCormick faces jail after being convicted of selling phoney bomb detectors to the military, police forces and government around the world.
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Immigration archive: resettling the boat people (1984)
The end of the Vietnam war prompted an exodus of refugees, 19,000 of whom found their way, via Hong Kong, to the UK. A 1984 Channel 4 News looked at how one Vietnamese family had fared in Britain.
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‘Close Guantanamo Bay’ senior US figures tell Obama
Former senior members of the US military and political establishment accuse the country’s most senior officials of contributing to the spread of torture.
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Tributes and rejoicing follow Thatcher’s death
As foreign leaders send tributes to Margaret Thatcher, who died on Monday following a stroke, there are celebrations in Brixton and Glasgow by those who continue to oppose the “Iron Lady”.
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Libyan torture victim’s £3 settlement offer to UK government
Libyan politican Abdel Hakim Belhaj, who is suing the British government over its alleged role in his kidnap and torture, says he will drop the case for £3, an apology and an admission of liability.