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UDD referendum fraud centres stopped by police
Published: 19/06/2016 at 11:46 AM
Police have been deployed all around Imperial Lat Phra department store to prevent the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship from launching its system of provincial centres designed to monitor...(read more)...
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Junta leader retracts earlier statement, prohibiting referendum watch centers
Submitted by editor2 on Mon, 20/06/2016
Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, the junta leader and Prime Minister, retracted his earlier statement on the allowance of the anti-establishment red shirt’s referendum watch centers, finalising that opening such center is prohibited.... (read more)...
http://prachatai.org/english/node/6272
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Editorial Opinion Referendum is a mess
Published: 20/06/2016
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has reversed an earlier pledge to stay clear of the debate on the national referendum on the draft constitution. After several weeks of insisting he would let the... (read more)...
http://m.bangkokpost.com/opinion/101...o%2F6noTpOaFXA
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Royalists gather for supporting lѐse majesté law
Submitted by editor2 on Mon, 20/06/2016
A network of vocational school alumnus and many other royalists urged people to protect the monarchy, pressing the government to prosecute people who insulted the Thai monarchy.... (read more)...
http://prachatai.org/english/node/6273
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PM and red shirts take their battle to the United Nations
WASAMON AUDJARINT
ANAPAT DEECHUAY
JUTHATHIP LUCKSANAWONG
THE NATION June 21, 2016
THE RED shirts and the prime minister both reached out yesterday to the United Nations in an apparent bid to make their case over the government decision to shut down anti-fraud centres watching over the upcoming referendum
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday called up UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to clarify the government's decision to shut down the centres..... (read more)....
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/poli...-30288670.html
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What exactly do they expect the UN to do? Get NATO to summon a force and invade Thailand, or what???
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Amnesty International issues Urgent Action appeal for 3 Thai human rights defenders
Submitted by editor4 on Tue, 21/06/2016
Amnesty International has today issued a worldwide Urgent Action appeal for Somchai Homla-or, Pornpen Khongkachonkiet, and Anchana Heemmina, who have been charged by the Thai military with criminal defamation and violations of the Computer Crimes Act.... (read more).... http://prachatai.org/english/node/6279
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Freedom of expressions crucial for ‘just’ charter referendum: academics
Submitted by editor2 on Tue, 21/06/2016
Academics and human rights advocates have demanded the authorities to amend a controversial act barring people to freely criticise the junta-sponsored draft constitution, saying that opinions from all sides are crucial for the draft charter referendum.
Academics from Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies (IHRP) of Mahidol University, and human rights advocates from iLaw and Union of Civil Liberties (UCL) gathered at Pridi Phanomyong Square in Thammasat University, Tha Prachan Campus, Bangkok, to read a joint statement titled ‘Referendum, Freedom and Liberties’.... (read more)... http://prachatai.org/english/node/6280
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CDC to seek help from NCPO to deal with “thugs” for obstructing draft charter clarification
in Politics | June 21, 2016
The Constitution Drafting Committee will consult with the National Council for Peace and Order, the Election Commission and security agencies on how to deal with intimidation against officials tasked with clarifying the content of the draft constitution to the public.... (read more)...
http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/cdc...clarification/
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Authorities want the best for activist and protesters
Submitted by editor4 on Tue, 21/06/2016
Austin Silvan
As a Canadian Masters student who is researching development practices in Thailand, and works at Prachatai, I often hear and read about conflicts between authorities and activists. After observing interactions between the two groups this past weekend, from the explanations given by the authorities for their interventions at least, it seems like they are there just to help out! Let me explain....(read more)...
http://prachatai.org/english/node/6281