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Re: Protests update
74 years-old detained for saying all Thais should be equal
Submitted by editor2 on Sun, 13/09/2015
Thai police officers detained an elderly writer after he made comments about the new constitutional draft, saying that it might affect national security.
Police officers Saturday afternoon, 12 September 2015, detained a 74 years old independent writer known by his penname as Bundit Aneeya after he made suggestions at a seminar on the new constitution drafting process at Thammasat University, Tha Prachan Campus, Bangkok..... (read more).... http://prachatai.org/english/node/5465? ... um=twitter
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Re: Protests update
False Front Rings Familiar in the Northeast
2015 September 13
KHON KAEN тАУ In the Northeast, most people were always doubtful. They laughed at the reconciliation trainings that came to their villages. They mocked a constitution drafting process that purported to include their voices. Very few here believed that the military had any intention of swiftly returning Thailand to a democracy. The news that the military rejected its own constitution draft comes as just another sign of the juntaтАЩs insincere rule..... (read more).... http://isaanrecord.com/2015/09/13/false ... northeast/
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Re: Protests update
Pravit's last tweet "Freedom can't be maintained if we're not willing to defend it."
FCCT STATEMENT ON DETENTION OF PRAVIT ROJANAPRUK 9/14/2015
The professional membership of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand is very concerned to learn of the detention of journalist Pravit Rojanapruk by the Thai military authorities. Pravit, who works for The Nation, was ordered to report to the 1st Army headquarters in Bangkok over the weekend.... (read more).... http://fccthai.com/items/1753.html
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Re: Protests update
14 September 2015
Military Holds 'The Nation' Journalist in Secret Detention
BANGKOK тАФ A journalist from a prominent English-language newspaper in Thailand became the third person to be held incommunicado by the military this month, as the ruling junta escalates its recent clampdown on dissent.... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... section=11
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Re: Protests update
Govt bans foreigner 'visa runs' to borders
15 Sep 2015
Immigration police at land border crossings have now stopped giving entry stamps to foreigners who exit and immediately return to Thailand to extend their stay for 15-30 days on visa runs..... (read more).... http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... to-borders
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Re: Protests update
Tue Sep 15, 2015
Thailand's reluctant leader prolongs his grip on power
By Andrew R.C. Marshall
BANGKOK (Reuters) - He repeatedly presents himself as a reluctant leader, and yet Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is now on track to become his country's longest-ruling strongman since the 1970s..... (read more).... http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idAFKCN0RF0B520150915
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Re: Protests update
"reluctant leader prolongs his grip on power"
That's just comedy.
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Re: Protests update
15 September 2015
Junta Releases Critics from Secret Detention
BANGKOK тАФ Three of the ruling juntaтАЩs most vocal critics were released this afternoon from military custody... (read more).... http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.ph ... 6§ion=
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Re: Protests update
Nation writer, politicians let go after signing pact
WASAMON AUDJARINT,
JITRAPORN SENWONG,
KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE NATION September 16, 2015
PM warns there will be no negotiations, 'offenders' will face court in the future
THE NATIONAL Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) yesterday released from detention The Nation's senior reporter and two Pheu Thai politicians after getting them to sign an undertaking to desist from any move or expression of opinions opposing the junta's road map..... (read more)..... http://linkis.com/nationmultimedia.com/cciWf
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Re: Protests update
PM ready to shorten time before next poll
THE NATION September 16, 2015
FOLLOWING mounting pressure, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said yesterday that he would shorten the road map timeline and hold a general election in less than the previously planned 20 months.... (read more).... http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politic ... 68894.html