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BBC Thai Service re-opened to counter junta’s controlled media
The BBC will re-open its Thai-language service for three months to provide alternative news after local media have been censored by the junta, according to the Telegraph. The Telegraph reported on...
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Breaking News: The NCPO Instructed to Revoke the Passport of A Well-Known...
There is a report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this morning that the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) instructed the Passport Division to revoke a passport of Pavin Chachavalpongpun,...
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With the military junta monitoring Facebook, a political message there can...
Reporters Without Borders Thanapol Eawsakul, editor in chief magazine Fah Diew Gan (Same Sky), a political magazine, was arrested after posting a message on Facebook that displeased the ruling junta....
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Military spending surges after 2006 coup d’états
The defense budget has reportedly increased 135% since 2004. In the past 10 years, the budget grew from 78.55 billion baht in 2004 to 184.74 billion baht in 2014. A sharp increase in military...
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“Long Live USA” protester released with no charges
Thai authorities have released the woman protester who held “Long Live USA Day” placard on 4 July at the US Embassy after detaining her for five days. On the US Independence Day on 4 July, Chaowanat...
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Education ministry to integrate junta’s 12 Thai values into education curriculum
MCOT reported on Saturday that the Ministry of Education plans to implement junta leader Gen.Prayuth Chan-ocha’s 12 main Thai values into the education reform roadmap for the years 2015-2021. The...
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2 upcoming lese majeste trials Wed, Aug
The Criminal Court will start hearing two lese majeste cases this Wednesday and in mid August, according to iLaw, an Internet-based human rights advocacy group. In the first case, a man in his...
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The Bangkok Post and the Patellar Reflex (aka the knee-jerk reaction)
Harrison George After the first flush of pro-coup triumphalism, the Bangkok Post op-ed pages over the past two or three weeks have seen an insidious infiltration of exactly the kind of namby-pamby,...
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2014 coup marks the highest number of lese majeste prisoners in Thai history
Coup makers, since 1976 coup d’etat, have regularly cited a surge of lese majeste as a prerequisite for overthrowing an elected government. The 2006 coup, when lese majeste was cited as one of the...
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Appeal court reverses verdict, sentences Chiang Mai businessman to 5 years...
The Appeals Court on Tuesday reversed a not guilty verdict on a businessman from Chiang Mai Province and sentenced him to five years for defaming the monarchy. The Court of First Instance dismissed...
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Capital punishment goes against Buddhist principles
Pravit Rojanaphruk The recent rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl on a Bangkok-bound train has given rise to calls for a mandatory death penalty for rapists. This matter may seem quite...
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Military ill-treats, threatens to kill anti-coup protesters
Contrary to what the junta has tried to claim, that all detainees were treated very well while in their custody, other than being deprived of their freedom, the first account of degrading treatment of...
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AHRC expresses 'grave concern' on the arrest of human rights defender and...
Asian Human Rights Commission The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to express grave concern about the arrest of Prom Jarana (64 years old), a human rights defender and land rights activist with...
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Junta further centralise power by suspending local elections
Khaosod English: Thailand’s military regime has suspended local elections and announced plans to replace elected officials with bureaucrats in a move that further centralises its power over the...
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Land rights activist detained by military
About five military officers at 10.30 am on Thursday detained a land rights activist and active member of the Assembly of the Poor at his home in the Buriram Province, after a week of tension between...
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Special prison for 2010 red protesters may be abolished
Khaosod English reports that Thailand’s military regime may close down a special jail for Redshirt protesters who have been charged for their alleged role in Thailand's 2010 political violence, prison...
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Detained land rights activist released
Prom Jarana, a land rights activist and member of the Assembly of the Poor, who was detained by the military on Thursday mornng has been released, according to the Assembly of the Poor. The Assembly...
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NCPO approves National Education Reform Commission
Isra news reported on Thursday that according to the Education Reform Network, the junta has approved their proposal to establish a National Education Reform Commission to reform Thailand’s education...
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Authorities can shut media down if found criticising junta: NCPO
The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) issued its 97th announcement stating that the authorities can shut down any media, whether print, television, radio or online, if it disseminates...
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N.E. student activist detained by military
Nanthapong Bunpong, a student activist from Mahasarakham University, northeastern Mahasarakham province, has been detained by the military for 24 hours. His faith is completely unknown to friends and...
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