<p>Thailand must cease invoking the Emergency Decree and the Internal Security Act, as they flout international human rights law and standards, Amnesty International said today. </p> <p>The Emergency Decree and/or the Internal Security Act (ISA) were first invoked outside of Thailand&rsquo;s southern regions, which has witnessed ongoing unrest, on 12 April 2009 during anti-government demonstrations.&nbsp;&nbsp; Either the Emergency Decree or ISA has been put into effect by the authorities in parts of Thailand outside the South for almost half the time since then.</p>

<p>The Deputy Prime Minister says that the red shirts can hold protests, but warns of legal action if they break the Emergency Decree.</p>

<p>Editor condemns the government&rsquo;s threat to close down his magazine, and vows to continue publication in Chiang Mai instead. </p>

<p>The CRES spokesperson told the press that some people misrepresented the facts by claiming that the authorities killed red shirts, and he insisted that there were armed elements among protesters who killed the security forces and protesters and that soldiers did not use live ammunition.&nbsp; The Emergency Decree is to remain because there are offences against the monarchy.&nbsp; He also warned that the placing of red flowers in front of prisons by red shirts might constitute contempt of court.</p>

<p>Almost 4 months after the crackdown, many red shirts are still detained in prisons around the country.&nbsp; The exact number of detainees, as well as their names, is not known.&nbsp; The official figure revealed by the secretary to the Minister of Justice is 209.</p>

<p>The CRES spokesperson told a press conference that certain print media have distorted information causing anxiety and rifts among the public, and presented news affronting the monarchy.&nbsp; The CRES will take legal action against them or close them down if necessary.</p>

<p>Three months after the Army&rsquo;s crackdown on May 19th, 2010 which caused 91 deaths and almost 2,000 injured, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has not yet come to terms with the fact that his soldiers killed people.</p>

<p>Sometimes, a short phone conversation can say volumes about the state a society is in. </p> <p>&quot;Please don't mention my name because I might not be able to graduate,&quot; this writer heard a female voice pleading.</p> <p>The voice on the other end of the line was that of a red-shirt Chulalongkorn University student. She did not want to be identified, even though she had earlier called to report the incident when she and seven other fellow students ended up having their placards confiscated as soon as Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva arrived at the university to deliver a speech.</p>

<p>An attempt of a group of Chula students to protest against Abhisit Vejjajiva inside the university was thwarted by a lecturer and university security guards. The students called on the PM to call an early election, and take legal action against those responsible for the April-May massacre.</p>

<p>The mother of the high school student has been told by the Provincial Juvenile Centre not to send her son for psychotherapy scheduled for next Monday and Tuesday, as her son has been found to be normal.&nbsp; The Director of the Centre insists that the agency has followed procedures without discrimination. The Centre&rsquo;s findings from its examination of the student will be sent to police to be forwarded to the prosecution.</p>

<p>On 9 Aug, a local red-shirt leader and three students from Chiang Rai who had been charged by local police with violating the Emergency Decree went to the Office of the National Human Rights Commission in Bangkok, in response to an invitation to provide information to the Commission.</p>

<p>Sakon Nakhon court has sentenced Sakrapee Phromchat, who as a Brahman led the red shirts&rsquo; blood-pouring ritual in front of Government House in March, to 8 months in jail for blocking traffic and instigating unrest during a protest in the province.</p>