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Man in Isaan taken for mental checkup for ‘no vote’ campaign
A man in Isaan, northeastern Thailand, was sent to a hospital for psychological check up over ‘no vote’ campaign while policemen raided another northeasterner’s house over ‘vote no’ t-shirt against the...
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Woman gets reprisals for exposing torture by military
Following the arrest and release of a woman who publicly spoke out against the military for her family member who was tortured to death in the army, the evidence of difficulties that are faced by the...
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Isaan soldier dies from brutal beating in military barrack: report concluded
The post-mortem examination report over the death of a young soldier has concluded that he was beaten to death by other soldiers in the military barrack in Isaan, northeastern Thailand. The Provincial...
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Royalists accuse political satire FB page admins of lèse majesté
Royalist Thais have filed a lèse majesté complaint against administrators of a political satire Facebook page. People from a group called ‘Network to Protect the Monarchy’ in the central province of...
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Military summons 6 people allegedly involved with anti-draft charter letters
The military in Chiang Mai has summoned six people and accused them of sedition without court approval, alleging that they were involved with the letters containing material criticizing the junta’s...
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Southern anti-election protest leader gets suspended jail term
Two years after the 2014 coup d’état, a provincial court in southern Thailand has handed a suspended jail term to a leader of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) over an anti-election...
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Human rights concerns over upcoming draft charter referendum
Amnesty International When the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) announced the “3 part road map” in June 2014, it indicated that restrictions on rights put in place following the 22 May 2014...
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Thailand: Army Detains Referendum Critics
Human Rights Watch Drop Sedition Charges and End Repression Before August 7 Poll (New York, July 29, 2016) – Thailand’s junta should stop bringing sedition charges against critics of the draft...
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Nationalist, anti-junta detained over draft charter referendum campaigns
Thai authorities detained a nationalist in Isaan, northeastern Thailand, for ‘no vote’ campaign. Meanwhile, another anti-junta northerner was imprisoned for leaflets campaigning for ‘vote no’ against...
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Anti-dam activist in Isaan accused of violating Referendum Act
Local authorities in the northeastern of Thailand has accused anti-dam activist of breaching the controversial Referendum Act after the activist criticized the draft charter on his Facebook three weeks...
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High ranking military officer named as new admin head of Thai PBS
With three candidates for the post, Thai PBS has chosen a high ranking military officer as its new administrative director.On Friday, 29 July 2016, the Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS),...
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August referendum voter lists remain under threat
Voter lists for the August referendum have faced another series of epic and absurd struggles caused by gangster dogs and a teenager who burned down the list to repel mosquitoes. Meanwhile, some voters...
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Computer Crime amendments further the vagueness of its rudiments
Austin Silvan The “Computer Crimes Act” of Thailand was amended this year to change, add, and remove various aspects. Although many articles have been amended, and even improved in some cases, there...
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Don’t let military control the ‘ring’: Myanmarese politics expert
An experts has explained how the Myanmarese military take control of the politics which is similar to what the Thai military is trying to achieve under the junta-sponsored draft constitution, adding...
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Thailand’s ‘Newspeak’: Orwell’s worst nightmare just got real
Kornkritch Somjittranukit Thailand’s junta always obsessed about ‘the power of language’ although such obsession never helps improve its popularity. This article shows how the junta during the past...
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Prevent coups by enshrining them in constitution: Thailand’s statesmen
With only a week to the draft charter referendum, Thailand’s statesmen have urged the junta to use its absolute power to enshrine coups d’état into the constitution, ironically adding that this...
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Anti-referendum graffiti appear in restive Deep South
Graffiti with messages against the referendum on the draft charter have appeared in the restive Deep South provinces.A Facebook user with the account Zahri Bin Ishak on Monday, 1 August 2016, posted...
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Assistant of late royal astrologer faces 3.5 years in jail for lèse majesté
The Military Court has sentenced a close aide of the late royal astrologer involved in organising the ‘Bike for Dad’ event in 2015 to three years and six months in prison. The Military Court of...
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Media and rights advocates launch referendum watch campaign
Alternative Thai media outlets, human rights advocacy groups and a youth election monitoring group have joined forces to launch a network to observe the public referendum on the draft charter.At 2 pm...
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Thai universities silence voices against draft charter, referendum
At least four universities in Thailand have complied with the junta’s censorship measures by prohibiting their students and lecturers from discussing the junta-sponsored draft charter and the August...
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