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Military court gives 1st lese majeste verdict, twice harsher than civilian...
The military court on Tuesday sentenced a red-shirt host of a political podcast program to 10 years in jail for defaming the King on his program, but since the defendant pleaded guilty, the court...
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Woman accused of defaming King on FB detained in prison
The court on Tuesday approved the police’s custody petition to detain Jaruwan E., 26, for 12 days, despite objection from the defendant. She did not submit any bail request since she is destitute and...
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Police threaten Kasetsart students to stop Mae Wong Dam protest
The authority used martial law to removed banners of students protesting against Mae Wong Dam on campus and threatened them with arrest to force them to cancel the rally. Police officers on Tuesday...
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[Update] 5 anti-coup activists arrested for 3-fingered salute during junta...
Update: At around 6.30 pm, the military released the five activists but demanded them to come back with their parents and will officially charged them on Thursday. During the interogation, the military...
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To celebrate its role in promoting press freedom, Thai Journo Asso invites...
To highlight its 60 years of important roles in promoting human rights and freedom of the press, Thailand Journalists Association (TJA) organized a charity golf tournament, where the winner get...
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Police allegedly pressure Bangkok’s cinemas to remove ‘Hunger Games 3’
Cinemas in downtown Bangkok were pressured to withdraw a popular blockbuster, ‘Hunger Game 3’ or ‘Mockingjay’ from its showing schedule after the authorities earlier today arrested five anti-coup...
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Two Wheels (and no motor) Good; Four Wheels Bad
Harrison George This government is beginning to get up my nose.Why can’t they stick to what they do best? Like barging into TV stations and telling them what they can and cannot show. And then...
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Exclusive interview with Khon Kaen student activist detained for 3-fingered...
On Wednesday morning five student activists from the Dao Din group at northeastern Khon Kaen University were arrested after they flashed the three-fingered salute, a dissent gesture adopted from the...
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[Update] 3 people detained related to Hunger Games premiere 3 in Bangkok
Update: At around 1:30pm, the police arrested Natchacha Kongudom, a Bangkok University student at Siam Paragon's cinema, after she raised three fingered salute in front of the Hunger Game 3 poster when...
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Student activists detained for organizing supper, 3-fingered salutes at...
After five student activists from Khon Kaen University were arrested on Wednesday morning for flashing a three-fingered salute, a group of 11 student activists from Bangkok’s Thammasat University...
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Khon Kaen student activists released with no charge
The military at 10 am on Thursday released the five student activists from Khon Kaen University with no charge. Since Wednesday the military has tried to force the group to sign a document stating...
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Military forces activist to shut Facebook related to Northeast dam
The military demanded an Isan environmental activist to shut down his personal Facebook and a campaigning Facebook on the controversial Pak Moon Dam and order him to report in. The activists defied,...
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Military forces activist to close Facebook page related to Northeast dam
The military demanded that an Isan environmental activist shut down his personal Facebook page and a Facebook page on the controversial Pak Moon Dam and ordered him to report in. The activist said he...
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Military bans seminar on land, tax reform at library
The military on Thursday afternoon forced a seminar on land and tax reform to be canceled, saying that they should only speak to the junta’s National Reform Council (NRC). Jakchai Chomthongdee, the...
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Academics, activists condemn junta’s arrest of student activists, urge to...
More than 100 academics, activists, and others on Thursday announced in a joint statement, “Down with the martial law…the power belong to all the people.” Some of the signatories of the statement are...
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General Prayuth Meets Katniss Everdeen
John Sifton (Human Rights Watch) Life in Thailand is growing more absurd by the day. Earlier this week Gen. Prayuth Chan-Ocha, the leader of the junta that seized power in May and later anointed...
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Thais in France condemn junta at Hunger Games premiere in Paris
The Thai diaspora and students in France gathered to wave three-fingered salutes as a symbol of defiance against the military regime at the ‘Hunger Games 3’ premiere and at the Institut d'études...
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Military detains activist in Chiang Mai, saying people allowed to express...
Thai military in Northern Chiang Mai Province arrested an activist on Thursday night after she took and shared a photo of her holding a sheet of paper reading “No Martial Law” and “No NCPO.” The...
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Military bans seminar on rights and freedom at Chonburi university
A planned seminar held by student activists from Burapha University in the eastern province of Chonburi, were forced canceled after about five to six police and military officers About six military...
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Embattled academic Somsak Jeam back on Facebook, hints at self-exile
Somsak Jeamteerasakul, a renowned anti-coup and anti-lèse majesté law historian on Saturday morning returned to his popular Facebook profile for the first time since his disappearance after the coup in...
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