<div>The Court of Appeal on Ratchadaphisek Road in Bangkok is scheduled to deliver its verdict in the case of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, Director of Prachatai, on Friday, November 8, at 9 am in room 711. &nbsp;The case involves lèse majesté comments posted by others on the Prachatai webboard. &nbsp;Chiranuch, as Director of Prachatai, was held liable for the lèse majesté comments under the Computer Crime Law.&nbsp;</div> <div> </div>

<div>Prachatai talks to various red shirt factions -- progressive activists, former political prisoners as well as prisoners currently jailed as a result of the 2010 political conflict -- about their opinions on the blanket amnesty bill, which is scheduled to be considered by the Senate next week.&nbsp;</div> <p></p>

<div>Nitirat, a group of law scholars from Thammasat University, warned on Thursday that the passing of the blanket amnesty bill would contradict the constitution and could results in lawsuits at the Constitutional Court against Members of Parliament.&nbsp;</div> <p></p>

<div>Workers at the Canadian-linked garment factory, Georgie &amp; Lou Co., Ltd. based in San Kamphaeng District of Chiang Mai, were frustrated when their employers dispatched only an attorney to negotiate with them in the third round of negotiations, creating an unnecessary delay in settling the ongoing labour dispute – a delay that put workers under increased pressure as the company is using warning letters and dismissals to pressure workers to sign new contracts.</div> <p></p>

<div>About a thousand of anti-coup activists and anti-establishment red-shirts on Thursday commemorated the seventh anniversary of the symbolic suicide of a taxi driver against the 2006 coup d’état at two separate events in Bangkok.</div> <p></p>

<div>Oct 24, 2013 – Families and relatives of those killed during the 2010 political violence rallied from the Democracy Monument to the Parliament House on Thursday to oppose the government’s attempt to pass a bill which grants a blanket amnesty for all sides.&nbsp;</div> <p></p>

<div>The Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee on Law Enforcement and Measures for Protecting the Monarchy on Friday summoned all five organizations who sponsored the publishing of the book “Yamyuk Rooksamai” (Repeating the Era, Advancing the Generations) which was distributed free of charge to those attending Oct 14 commemoration week at Thammasat University at Tha Pra Chan.&nbsp;</div> <p></p>

<div>In his hour-long speech at Thammasat University last Sunday on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Oct 14 uprising, Seksan Prasertkul, former student leader, now writer and university professor, clarified his stance on Thai politics.&nbsp;</div> <p></p>

<div>Nitimonster, a network of young artists and activists based in Chiang Mai, wants their art exhibition to be provocative, and touch upon the hottest political issues of the day. But what they did not foresee was that their artwork would cause all the staff in the gallery to go on strike, and earn them an f-word curse from the chef in the restaurant opposite on the opening day. &nbsp;</div> <p></p>

<div>Surachai Danwatthananusorn, a 71-year-old <em>Red Siam</em> faction leader convicted on five lèse majesté charges, was granted a royal pardon on Friday after having been imprisoned in Bangkok Remand Prison since February 22, 2011.&nbsp;</div> <p></p>

<p>The Appeals Court today overturned a previous verdict and delivered a five-year sentence to Noppawan (lastname witheld), an online user who was charged in October 2008&nbsp;under the Computer Crimes Act and lèse majesté&nbsp;law, or Article 112 of the Criminal Code, for allegedly posting a defamatory comment against the monarchy on the Prachatai.com webboard.</p>

<p><br />Documentary film ‘His name is Ashaari’ by a group of independent filmmakers highlights the case of a young Malay-Muslim man who was beaten to death by military officers during one night in custody in Yala. His mother, together with local human rights organizations, has spent five years fighting for justice.&nbsp;</p> <p></p>