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Re: Protests update
Thai junta internet control has netizens concerned and afraid
Submitted by editor1 on Tue, 17/05/2016
Austin Silvan
In light of recent concerns of online security, and after talks with an IT security specialist, it appears that Thai netizens should be more concerned with personal data breaches of their own cause, rather than security breaches of the social media platforms they use.... (read more)....
http://prachatai.org/english/node/6170
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Prawit: Election may be delayed if draft charter rejected Published: 17/05/2016
PM Writer: Wassana Nanuam
If the draft constitution is voted down in the referendum a new committee would be set up to draft another new one, meaning the general election may have to be delayed beyond 2017, Deputy Prime Minister...(read more)...
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Shocking News: People no longer love Prayuth’s TV show
By Coconuts Bangkok May 17, 2016
(read more).... http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2016/05/1...ayuths-tv-show
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Re: Protests update
Thai Lawyers for Human Rights
May 17, 2016
Inconsistent with the Truth: The Thai Representative’s UPR Statement on Military Courts
The second cycle of the Universal Periodical Review (UPR) of Thailand was held on 11 May 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland. Many UN member states raised concerns and questions about the use of military courts to try civilians. To respond to the queries from other member states, a team of representatives from the Government of Thailand attended the session, including Lt. Col. Seni Bhromvivat, the Head of the Military Legislation Section of the Judge Advocate General’s Department from the Ministry of Defense.... (read more)... https://tlhr2014.wordpress.com/2016/...litary-courts/
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EC plans to televise forums and debates on charter referendum
The Nation
May 17, 2016
THE Election Commission (EC) has resolved to have public forums on air nationwide via digital TV channels from June 27 until August 6, Election Commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn said after an EC meeting Tuesday.
The forums would be held 13 times - every Monday and Wednesday from the first designated date to the last day - with 30 minutes per episode.
The forums would be given to the Constitution Drafting Commission to explain the charter draft content, the National Legislative Assembly to explain its additional question, the EC itself to explain referendum procedures, and invited guests to debates without censorship.
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/brea...-30286156.html
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DISINGENUOUS, DAFT OR BOTH?
May 17, 2016
Like many others, we often find that the news emanating from the military dictatorship is confused and confusing. We tend to think this is because the members of the junta are confused by the complexities of turning a modern state into a feudal backwater.
When it comes to human rights, the junta is clearly flummoxed and out of its depth. So isolated are the junta’s members that they have no idea – none at all – about how to deal with this international issue.... (read more)... https://politicalprisonersofthailand...-daft-or-both/
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Prawit says election may be scrapped
Published: 18/05/2016
The military regime has indicated the general election scheduled for next year may have to be scrapped if the draft constitution is shot down in the Aug 7 referendum... (read more)...
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Defaming Prayut isn't sedition: military court
Submitted by editor4 on Wed, 18/05/2016
The Thai Military Court has dismissed the sedition charge of a red shirt who posted a rumor about the junta head, ruling that the post merely constitutes as defamation, not instigating violence....(read more)...
http://prachatai.org/english/node/6172
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Re: Protests update
Pravit Rojanaphruk
18 May 2016
American Envoy’s Straight-Talk Sent Nationalists Seething. Was it Worth BANGKOK — When U.S. Ambassador Glyn Davies read some concise yet pointed concerns about the human rights situation in Thailand this past Thursday during a joint news conference, it was much the same as American diplomats regularly do around the world.... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail...te=06§ion=
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May 18, 2016
Thitinan Pongsudhirak -- Thai military's lack of exit strategy spells trouble
When General Prayuth Chan-ocha and his National Council for Peace and Order seized power in May 2014, it came as a relief to many. Law and order returned to Bangkok's streets after six months of demonstrations against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and her Pheu Thai Party-led government.... (read more)....
http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Vi...trouble?page=1