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By Prachatai |
<p>Police stopped the vehicles of students transporting equipment and booklets to the protest at Thammasat University&rsquo;s Tha Prachan campus ahead of the afternoon&rsquo;s protest.</p>
By FORUM-ASIA |
<p>International human rights organisations are calling on the Government of Thailand to observe international human rights laws and standards ahead of a planned protest expected to attract tens of thousands to Bangkok this weekend.&nbsp;</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>The Constitutional Court on Wednesday (16 September) accepted a complaint against three leaders of the 10 August at Thammasat University, accusing them of attempting to overthrow the government.</p>
By Paisarn Likhitpreechakul |
<p>They used to be ridiculed and bullied, but LGBT youths have now emerged among the leaders of Thailand&rsquo;s pro-democracy movement. In this article, Paisarn Likhitpreechakul writes about young LGBT activists in the current wave of student protests.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p><a href="https://www.tlhr2014.com/?p=21245">The Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR)</a> has reported that a 16-year-old student in Bangkok was summoned by a teacher after making a speech at the student protest on 5 September. She was asked to give the names of schoolmates who joined the protest and not to make any speeches again out of concern for the school&rsquo;s reputation.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>A high school student has been summoned by the police for participating in an anti-government protest in Ratchaburi on 1 August and accused of violating the Emergency Decree and the Public Assembly Act.</p>
By Amnesty International |
<p>Amnesty International issued a call for an urgent action against prosecution of Thai political activists, inviting supporters to submit an appeal to the Thai government demanding that it drops all charges against protesters and end all effort to obstruct peaceful assemblies. The campaign will run until 21 October.&nbsp;</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Protest leaders Anon Nampa and Panupong Jadnok have been released from the Bangkok Remand Prison, where they have been detained for five days after the Criminal Court ruled on Thursday (3 September) to have their bail revoked.</p>
By Thidatep Piboon, Yiamyut Sutthichaya, Thammachart Kri-aksorn |
<p>As adults are asked to behave according to the &lsquo;10 duties of adults&rsquo;, grandparents, parents and public figures have joined the protest held by the Bad Students to help them pressure the Ministry of Education to do more on education reform.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
By Thidatep Piboon, Yiamyut Sutthichaya, Thammachart Kri-aksorn |
<p>The Bad Students group gathered in front of the Ministry of Education to challenge Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan in a debate. In a highly organized protest, the students repeated 3 demands and 1 ultimatum as they called for education reform.</p>
By Cartoon by Stephff: Free Mice |