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Re: Protests update
Court confirms military court jurisdiction over anti-coup activists
Submitted by editor2 on Wed, 08/06/2016
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 gained control of the country since the coup d’état.... (read more)...
http://www.prachatai.org/english/node/6240
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Re: Protests update
New propaganda song reflects ECT’s regional prejudice
Submitted by editor1 on Wed, 08/06/2016
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 reflects the commission’s prejudice against the northerners and northeasterners, which are allegedly the main supporters of the red shirt movement.
The Election Commision of Thailand (ECT) has released a song called ‘7 August’, Together in Referendum for Democratic Consolidation.’ The song mainly aims to persuade people to go to vote in the charter draft referendum. The song was composed of four different local accents and music styles: the Central, Isaan (Northeastern), Northern, and Southern of Thailand.
Although it does not suggest people to vote in any certain way, people in social media have widely condemned the song for the regional prejudice content against those who live in Isaan and the Northern Thailand.... (read more)...
http://prachatai.org/english/node/62...medium=twitter
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Re: Protests update
Playing cat and mouse with Thailand’s junta
BY NICK NOSTITZ, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR – 9 JUNE 2016
On June 5, 2016 the UDD brought itself back to the political map with their opening ceremony of their referendum monitoring center, which took place in their headquarters at the 5th floor of the Imperial Lad Prao Department Store. In addition to the press conference with most UDD leaders in attendance, hundreds of their supporters in red shirts mingled there, among a strong presence of security forces, both in uniform and in plainclothes.... (read more)...
http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newman...ailands-junta/
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Re: Protests update
Thailand: Drop case against rights defenders
Submitted by editor2 on Thu, 09/06/2016
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
The Thai military should immediately withdraw its criminal complaints against three human rights defenders for reporting alleged torture by government security forces in southern Thailand, Human Rights Watch said today.... (read more)...
http://prachatai.org/english/node/6243
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Re: Protests update
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AGREES TO REVIEW REPRESSIVE REFERENDUM LAW
By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter - June 9, 2016
BANGKOK — The Constitutional Court agreed Wednesday to review the law which effectively banned any kind of campaigning for the upcoming vote on the new constitution.
The decision by the court means the fate of the Aug. 7 referendum is now uncertain, as...(read more)...
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politi...eferendum-law/
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Re: Protests update
EC supports 'fair' debate on charter
Academic bemoans 'frightening silence'
Published: 10/06/2016
Writer: Mongkol Bangprapa
The Election Commission has promised to give both critics and supporters a chance to air their views of the draft charter in the lead-up to the Aug 7 referendum, but they must express their opinions in...(read more)....
Please credit and share this article with others using this link: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/poli...ate-on-charter.
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Re: Protests update
Declaration of the Khana Nitirat: The Draft Constitution and the Referendum
Submitted by editor4 on Fri, 10/06/2016
Khana Nitirat: Law for the People
On 29 March 2016, the Constitution Drafting Committee released the new Draft Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, B.E..... for the people to examine before voting in the referendum on whether or not to accept it.
The Khana Nitirat: Law for the People has studied the Draft Constitution in detail and has formed initial views about it. These views cover the content of the Draft Constitution, criticism about the merits of the Draft Constitution as advertised, the rules for the referendum itself and the idea of approving the Draft Constitution with the intention to go swiftly to elections and rule by a civilian government.... (read more)....
http://prachatai.org/english/node/62...medium=twitter
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Re: Protests update
Thailand’s Post-Coup Foreign Policy: Omnidirectional or Directionless?
While the junta calls strategic diversification may actually be a rather rudderless foreign policy vision.
By Shawn W. Crispin
June 10, 2016
When U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Glyn Davies met with Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai on May 17, the U.S. envoy pressed behind closed doors... (read more)..
http://thediplomat.com/2016/06/thail...directionless/
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Re: Protests update
UDD to invite UN, embassies to monitoring centres
Published: 12/06/2016
The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship will next week send a letter to the United Nations, all foreign embassies and all ministries inviting them to send representatives to observe its centres monitoring fraud in the Aug 7 charter referendum.
UDD chairman Jatuporn Prompan said... (read more)... http://m.bangkokpost.com/news/100823...kokpost.com%2F
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Re: Protests update
ELECTION COMMISSION THUGGERY
June 11, 2016
A couple of days ago we posted on anti-democrat and anti-election Election Commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn and his self-contradictory claims about constitution and referendum songs.
The clownish Somchai said the the EC’s ditty, that denigrated northerners and northeasterners in terms that echo of the infamous “uneducate” and “red buffalo” taunts of the military-backed and supported... (read more)...
https://politicalprisonersofthailand...sion-thuggery/