<p dir="ltr">As academic freedom is under threat since the military coup d'etat took place on 22 May, over 200 academics and university students on Wednesday urged the president of the Council of University Presidents of Thailand to review its role in upholding the principles of universities as the sources of wisdom and uphold the freedom of expression, especially in the universities. </p>
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<div>The military in the northeastern province of Khon Kaen summoned a woman bullied for posting a picture of her and her friends wearing black around the King’s birthday to teach her how to properly show love to the King.
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<p>The military demolished a roadside souvenir stall and confiscated fruit, wine and other processed fruit products in a northern touristic province allegedly because they believed the ‘square face’ logo on the products symbolized the controversial ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.</p>
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<div>On the occasion of International Human Rights Day on 10 December, the French Embassy in Bangkok will present an award to the anti-coup Thai Lawyers for Human Rights, which is one of a few organization providing legal assistance to those affected by the 2014 military coup d’état, and suspects facing lèse-majesté charges . </div>
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<div><span>Freedom House, a human rights advocacy group based in Washington D.C., on Thursday revealed its <a href="https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/freedom-net-2014#.VIEzbDGsUf0">2014 Freedom on the Net</a> report, which categorizes <a href="https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2014/thailand">Thailand’s Internet</a> as ‘not free’, while categorizing <a href="https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2014/myanmar">Myanmar Internet</a> as ‘partly free.’ </span></div>
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<div>This is a reversal from 2013, when Thailand was
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By Thaweeporn Kummetha |
<div><span>Since the coup d’état on 22 May, while the human rights situation has deteriorated and Thai people have tried to voice their disapproval of the coup d’état in the face of suppression by the junta, the international community has played a role as a voice denouncing the military government and urging the junta to respect human rights. </span></div>
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<div>Britain is one of the countries with a clear stance toward the coup.
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<p>The police arrested two men for distributing anti-junta leaflets last week and charged them with instigating conflict and instability in the country.</p>
<p>According to Matichon online, Pol Maj Gen Sriwara Rangsiphramnakul, commander of the Metropolitan Police, held a press briefing on Tuesday about the arrests of Sithitat Laowanichtanapha, 54, and Wachira Thongsuk. The two men were accused of distributing fliers against the junta at the Victory Monument in central Bangkok in the early hours of 23 November.</p>
<div><a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Thai-lawyers-centre-wins-award-from-French-embassy-30249058.html">The Nation</a> : The Thai Lawyers for Human Rights Centre, which offers assistance to people prosecuted by the military junta, thanked the French Embassy yesterday for a human rights prize to be awarded to them next week.</div>
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<div>Yaowalak Anuphan, chief of the centre, said she believed the honour sent a signal to both the human rights community in Thailand and the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) about the importance of civil rights.</div>
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<div>The military claimed that Khon Kaen three-fingered activists were hired by local politicians to discredit the junta leader and urged students not to use emotion to follow the anti-coup after several groups of student activists join hands in denouncing the junta’s martial law.</div>
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<div>Maj Gen Kampanat Ruddit, the deputy Army Chief-of-Staff said on Monday that five Khon Kaen students from Dao Din group, who were arrested for waving three fingers and wearing t-shirts with the message reads ‘No Coup’ during Prayuth’s, the head of the junta, visit in the northern province of
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<div>A military court has sentenced an anti-coup politician who failed to report to the military to a year in prison. The penalty was halved and the jail term was suspended because the defendant pleaded guilty.
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