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POLICE DROP ROYAL DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST ACTIVIST’S MOTHER
By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter - July 15, 2016
BANGKOK — Two months and waves of outrage later, police Thursday announced they would not pursue a criminal case against a woman accused of insulting the monarchy by staying silent.... (read more)...
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politi...ivists-mother/
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THE CASE FOR ILLOGICAL LOGIC AND THE ABSURD IN JUNTALAND
By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer - July 16, 2016
Red bowls, balloons, leaflets attack the charter underwritten by the military. Toys with messages call for freedom and democracy, while people stand still in public, read George Orwell’s 1984 or even eat sandwiches.
These are the things deemed a threat to national security?
Some wonder, could things get even zanier?.... (read more)...
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/opinio...ands-thailand/
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Regime never suppresses free speech, says Prawit
Published: 17/07/2016
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon on Saturday brushed off a call for an open dialogue on the referendum by... (read more)...
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AUGURING AUG. 8: REJECTING CHARTER COURTS UNCERTAIN SCENARIOS
By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer - July 17, 2016
BANGKOK — Three Sundays from now, the polls will open for the public to vote on the controversial charter drafted under junta guidance, and one of the biggest guessing games is what will happen if it’s rejected.
The military government has kept its cards close to the vest, with the strongest signal coming June 29 from junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha, when he told reporters the drafting process would simply begin for a third time. A few days ago, he added that he would write it himself, only to then say he wasn’t serious.... (read more)...
http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politi...ain-scenarios/
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Regime says Thai coup 'unique' Insists comparisons only mislead public
Published: 18/07/2016
The military regime has lashed out at its critics, particularly Pheu Thai politicians,... (read more)....
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TWO COUNTRIES TWO METHODS
JULY 17, 2016
Giles Ji Ungpakorn
Both Thailand and Turkey have experiences of long periods of brutal military rule. In both countries the conservative elites have opposed democratically elected governments that have enjoyed the support of the poor. The judiciaries of both countries have tried to subvert the election process. In Turkey the Western-leaning middle-classes have usually allied themselves with the military, supporting “Kemalism” which is used in an attempt to suppress those who dare to criticise the old order.... (read more)...
https://uglytruththailand.wordpress....s-two-methods/
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Review of human rights violations prior to the Constitutional Referendum in Thailand
Submitted by editor4 on Mon, 18/07/2016
Thai Lawyers for Human Rights
Following the announcement of the NCPO that the Constitutional Referendum is to be held on August 7, various groups have expressed their views on Thailand’s draft constitution. Both pro- and anti-draft groups have been running campaigns and expressing their views in public. Unfortunately, however, the NCPO has not been welcoming of the views of both groups..... (read more)...
http://prachatai.org/english/node/6374
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Prominent voices weigh in on draft
JUTHATHIP LUCKSANAWONG
WASAMON AUDJARINT
The Nation July 18, 2016
As the supreme law, a constitution rules and links everyone and every organ of a nation together. The new charter, the country’s 20th, would be no different if it were accepted at the August 7 referendum. Amid a highly charged atmosphere and a transitional period for the nation, the new charter has been written at a particularly challenging time. And time will tell if it will set a new course for relationships and roles in a way most people accept. The Nation’s Juthathip Lucksanawong and Wasamon Audjarint asked 12 prominent voices whether they believed the charter would affect them.
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha, who also heads the National Council for Peace and Order.... (read more)....
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/poli...-30290840.html
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Mahidol’s rights institute under fire over draft charter infographics
Submitted by editor2 on Mon, 18/07/2016
The Thai authorities threatened to sue a human rights institute of one of Thailand’s leading universities over infographics about the public referendum on the draft charter.
Somchai Srisuthiyakorn, Election Commissioner of Thailand (ECT), told media that a serie of infographics explaining about the upcoming referendum to pass the junta-sponsored draft constitution titled ‘Chapter 2: Main question and the Question Attached’ must be removed, the Independent News Network (INN) reported on Monday, 18 July 2016... (read more)...
http://prachatai.org/english/node/6375
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Penguin: high school student sparks campaign against junta’s draft charter
Submitted by editor4 on Tue, 19/07/2016
Kornkritch Somjittranukit
Under the junta’s climate of fear and intimidation where politicians, academics, and civil society are silenced, a high school student, Parit Chiwarak, withstands the pressure and actively protects the right to free education from the junta’s attempts to abolish it....(read more)...
http://prachatai.org/english/node/6376