<div><span>Prachatai interviewed one of the five student activist, on their goal of holding the activity, experience in the camp and will he 'surrender' this morning. If he does not admit of his 'guilt' for protesting against the coup, he may be fired from university.</span></div> <div> </div>

<div>Sulak talked about lèse majesté cases involved former kings, analyzed the ultra-royalists who hold narrow and nationalistic views of Thai history, the planned education reform, with more nationalistic, and royalist elements, the coup and succession.</div> <div> </div>

<p>On 7 September, the Pattani Provincial Court rejected an appeal by Rohima Huseng, who alleged that security officers in Pattani tortured her brother, Hasan Huseng, during interrogation at a detention centre in a military camp in southern Pattani Province.</p>

<div>News about the visit to Myanmar of Gen. prayuth Chan-O-Cha, Thai Prime Minister and Head of the junta, on 9–10 October indicates that there will be talks between the Thai and Myanmar governments to revive the stalled Dawei Deep Seaport and Industrial Estate projects. Recent daily press reports refer to the economic advantages that could benefit Thailand, and predict the resumption of the project in November. </div>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Since September 2013, the tension between villagers and Tungkum Co. Ltd., the mine operator, flared up when the villagers barricaded the mine entrance, blocking trucks, each of which normally carries 15 tons of cyanide waste, from passing through the villages.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The villagers from six villages of Khao Luang district of the northeastern province of Loei claims that throughout 12 years of mining operations, they have suffered numerous environmental problems allegedly caused by the mine. </div>

<div> <p>Despite threats and intimidation from state authorities, Pornpen Khongkachonkiet, a human rights lawyer and director of the Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) of Thailand, stands firm on her claims about alleged torture and enforced disappearances committed by the Thai authorities in the restive Deep South of Thailand.</p> </div>

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<div>Thailand last week was stunned by the Constitutional Court’s <a href="http://prachatai.com/english/node/3954">ruling </a>to remove Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and some cabinet members from their caretaker positions. </div>

<p><img alt="" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2915/14167412325_1cf0de187f_z.jpg" /></p> <p><span><em>Likhit Dhiravegin, right, speaks to Jomquan Laophetch. Pic from YouTube.</em></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<div>Likhit Dhiravegin Interview - Part 2: On the orchestration of a political vacuum</div> <div> </div>

<p><strong><em>Mr. Suthep to “reclaim sovereign power” for “the people”</em></strong></p>

<div>Interview with the Phuketwan journalists who face charges for reporting the trafficking of Rohingya refugees</div> <div> </div>