<p>A self-described patriotic group has urged the police to probe a well-known anti-junta activist group who accused the Thai junta of overthrowing the constitution.</p>

<div> <div>The junta head said that the royal artificial rain programme is not capable of solving the drought crisis, but if people ‘do good deeds,’ it might rain, adding that the junta will solve the crisis by following the King’s teaching.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On Friday, 3 June 2016, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, the junta head and PM, said on the TV programme <em>Returning Happiness to the People</em>, a junta-produced TV programme which is broadcast nationwide every Friday evening, that the junta lacked the capacity to produce artificial rain, a project initiated by the King to solve d </div></div>

<p>In addition to lifting a travel ban imposed on political dissidents, the deputy junta head said that the so-called attitude adjustment sessions will no longer be held in military barracks to make things less intimidating.</p> <p>On Tuesday, 31 May 2016, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Head’s Order No. 25/2016 was announced in the Royal Gazette. The order cancels NCPO Announcement No. 21/2014, thereby lifting the travel ban imposed on individuals listed in the announcement, most of whom are political dissidents and politicians from the Pheu Thai Party.</p>

<p>The Thai junta leader has said that anyone blaming the government for the economic slump will be sued while his Deputy said that the people will not be happy without the junta premier. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<div> <div>The Thai Military Court has dismissed a sedition charge against a red shirt who posted a rumour about the junta head, ruling that the post merely constitutes defamation, not the instigation of violence.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On Tuesday, 17 May 2016, the Bangkok Military Court gave its ruling in the case of Rinda Parichabutr, a red shirt woman nicknamed “Lin,” 45, who was arrested on 8 July 2015 for spreading a false rumour through social networks that Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, the junta leader and Prime Minister, and his wife had deposited about 10 billion baht in a secret ba </div></div>

<p>Leading women's rights advocacy groups in Thailand are urging the authorities to stop forcing pelvic examinations on female detainees.</p> <p>16 women’s rights organisations, including the Friends of Women Foundation, the Women's Movement in Thai Political Reform (WeMove), the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies of Mahidol University and the Foundation for SOGI Rights and Justice, on Friday, 13 May 2016, submitted a joint statement to Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, the junta leader and Prime Minister, and Gen Paiboon Khumchaya, the Minister of Justice.</p>

<div> <div>Applaud but do not stand, take selfies politely, and chant ‘keep fighting PM Prayut’ are commands stated in the schedule of a conference between the Prime Minister and government school teachers.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The schedule of the conference called The PM meets his teacher friends,’ to be held on 13 May 2016, includes orders for participants to chant together ‘keep fighting PM Prayut’. </div></div>

<p>The Thai military and police have attempted to break into the house of a Pheu Thai Party politician to detain him after he criticized the junta leader.</p> <p>According to&nbsp;<a href="http://news.voicetv.co.th/thailand/363591.html">Voice TV,</a>&nbsp;a news source from the Pheu Thai Party reported that soldiers and police officers in the early hours of Thursday, 12 May 2016, surrounded the house of Worachai Hema, a former Member of Parliament (MP) of the Pheu Thai Party from Samut Prakan Province, and attempted to break into the house.</p>

<p>The Military Court has detained two of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.prachatai.org/english/category/the-eight-abducted-junta-critics">the eight junta critics&nbsp;</a>and another political dissident after they were charged under the lѐse majesté law.</p> <p>The Military Court of Bangkok at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, 11 May 2016, granted a police request to detain Harit Mahaton and Natthika Worathaiwich, suspects under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lѐse majesté law. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The Thai media has called on the Thai junta to abolish orders restricting freedom of the press while the junta leader scolded them for their demand, implying that the Thai media already enjoys enough freedom. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The Military Court has rejected bail for&nbsp;<a href="http://prachatai.org/english/category/the-eight-abducted-junta-critics">the eight abducted junta critics&nbsp;</a>for a second time while the junta leader maintains that the eight violated the law.</p>

<p>When a veteran reporter said, “Freedom of the press is freedom of the people” Tuesday, the junta chief advised her to watch herself.&nbsp;</p> <p>On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, members of the Thai Journalists Association clad in specially designed black t-shirts to mark the occasion, visited Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha today at government house. Within a few minutes of asking to revoke some of the junta’s orders against media freedom, Prayuth made his standpoint on the issue clear.</p> <p>“Isn’t the freedom we have right now enough?,” he asked.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>