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Embattled ex-education minister refuses to be cowed by junta
An embattled former Education Minister from the Pheu Thai Party has denied sedition charges, vowing to continue to fight the charges against him through civil disobedience.Chaturon Chaisang, the former...
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Anti-junta academics remain defiant despite risk of imprisonment
One step closer to being tried by a Military Court, two embattled anti-junta academics stand firm, saying they only exercised the rights they are entitled to.Thai police on Thursday morning, 2 June...
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Referendum might be postponed: junta head
The junta head has said that if the Constitutional Court rules that the controversial Referendum Act is unconstitutional, the August referendum might be postponed. The junta-appointed lawmakers said...
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TLHR statement on the revocation of overseas travel ban of political dissidents
Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) Not long after the second round of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Thailand on 11 May 2016 ended, several questions from member states concerning human...
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Youth sued by gold mine company for defamation
A company who operated a highly controversial gold mine in northeastern Leoi Province has started libel suits in Leoi and Bangkok against a 15-year-old girl for her citizen reporting about the mine....
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Police collect DNA of Deep South‘s environmental activist
The authorities in Thailand’s restive Deep South have raided places affiliated to local civil groups, including an environmental group, a student activists group, and a martial art group. Police and...
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Military intimidates red shirts at briefing on referendum watch campaign
A policeman and a military officer attempted to bar anti-establishment red shirts from holding a press briefing to open a centre to monitor the draft charter referendum despite the junta leader’s...
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Imprisoned Poet Testifies: “Summoned again, I would again refuse”
Metta Wongwat Anti-coup poet Sirapop, pen-name Rungsira, is a tall, 53 year old, long-haired man with a rough demeanor but of polite and reasoned speech. On the Rungsira webblog, he analysed current...
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Parents of lѐse majesté suspects ask Royal Secretariat to allow bail
Despite faint hopes, the parents of two Facebook users initially arrested for mocking the junta leader and later charged with lѐse majesté have requested the Office of His Majesty’s Principal Private...
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Do good deeds and it might rain: junta head
The junta head said that the royal artificial rain programme is not capable of solving the drought crisis, but if people ‘do good deeds,’ it might rain, adding that the junta will solve the crisis by...
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Hazing in Thai universities breeds authoritarianism: Anti-SOTUS group
A youth group opposing hazing rituals commonly practised in Thai universities is urging students to confront hazers with reasons, pointing out that the rituals breed authoritarianism in Thai society.A...
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Self-described nationalists urge police to probe anti-junta activists
A self-described patriot group has urged the police to probe a well-known anti-junta activist group who accused the Thai junta of overthrowing the constitution, saying the junta came to power...
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Prachatai sues ICT Ministry for shutdown website during 2010 red-shirt crackdown
For six years, Prachatai has been pursuing a case against the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) for blocking access to its website during the 2010 political violence; the...
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Thai soldier allegedly ill-treated to death during training
A mother and a wife of a late soldier allegedly ill-treated to death during a military training have filed a civil lawsuit against the Royal Thai Army.At the Civil Court on Ratchadapisek Rd, Bangkok,...
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URGENT ACTION: EIGHT FACEBOOK USERS CHARGED, AWAITING TRIAL
Amnesty International Eight persons linked to a satirical Facebook community page were charged with sedition and computer crimes on 28 April. They are scheduled to appear in a military court on 3...
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Lawyer of lèse majesté suspect faces additional criminal defamation charge
A Thai police officer has filed an additional criminal defamation charge against an embattled defence lawyer.On 3 June 2016, the Criminal Court held a conciliation hearing between Benjarat Meetian, the...
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Temple of Doom
Harrison George The future of Wat Ratha Dharma Nun has been cast into further question by the discovery of yet more grisly evidence of corpses of democracy and apparent links to the shadowy world of...
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Court confirms military court jurisdiction over anti-coup activists
A District Court has confirmed that the Military Court has jurisdiction over trials of anti-junta activists charged with violating the junta’s political gathering ban, saying the junta has successfully...
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New propaganda song reflects ECT’s regional prejudice
Kornkritch Somjittranukit The Election Commission has released a new song campaigning for the August referendum, which has content that has triggered public outrage on social media since it allegedly...
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Election Com to sue people sharing, involving in charter referendum MV
Thailand’s election commissioner said that a well known facebook page posting a music video campaigning about the referendum on the draft constitution and those involved in its production might be...
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