<div>Overturning an earlier verdict, the Appeal Court has ordered a lower court to reconsider dismissing charges against a prominent anti-junta activist. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div> <div>On 11 October 2016, the Pathumwan District Court in Bangkok read the Appeal Court’s order over the case of Apichat Pongsawat, a 27-year-old prominent anti-junta activist.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Apichat is indicted with violating the junta’s National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Order No. </div>

<p>The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in&nbsp;Thailand.</p> <p>Description of the situation&nbsp;:</p>