An editorial published today in the government-controlled Thai newspaper The Nation makes reference to my work and that of my colleague, lawyer Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops. Apart from the usual attacks, untruths, and libel that accompany intense political cases, the article aims to preemptively disqualify the results of our investigations into human rights abuses and war crimes committed by the Thai authorities in its handling of the April and May violence. I wouldn’t usually point to these items, which seem to be a willful distraction from the important topics that actually matter, but the issue does bear consideration for foreign audiences as an illustration of the ways in which this government is conducting itself. The spin of the article is clear for everyone to see (they even use the word “evil”), but in substance it is entirely evasive on the point of arbitrary detentions, summary executions, and indiscriminate use of force in the April and May violence. This is a country that has just witnessed 88 people freshly slaughtered on the streets of its capital by the military, and newspaper editors have chosen to dedicate their time to personally attacking lawyers and manufacturing excuses – the rest of their time appears to be dedicated to attacking CNN without reason. A sadder illustration of the nature of this junta could not be expressed more clearly.