The electricity company Gulf Energy Development has filed a defamation lawsuit against academic Sarinee Achavanuntakul, a critic of energy monopolies and advocate of good governance in business in Thailand.

<p>Elizabeth Warren has become a topic of conversation in Thailand after a leading pro-monarchy protester claimed her as a supporter of their cause. The facts show otherwise, as a Thai writer and netizens have exposed the distortion of a Warren speech by pro-junta protesters.</p>

<p>Ever since the 2014 coup d&#39;état by the NCPO, there have been relentless efforts to silence critics. Human rights defenders, activists, journalists, opposition politicians, and online users have faced &lsquo;lawfare&rsquo; where the government brought criminal charges against them to stop criticism.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Supreme Court has postponed the hearing in the case of Sarinee Achavanuntakul, an academic accused of contempt of court for the publication of an article in the Krungthep Turakit newspaper, after the co-accused news editor did not appear at the hearing on 9 September 2019.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Sarinee Achavanuntakul, writer, translator, and independent researcher, has been summonsed by the Election Cases Division of the Supreme Court after she was accused of contempt of court for the publication of an article in the Krungthep Turakit newspaper, says <a href="https://www.tlhr2014.com/?p=13553&amp;fbclid=IwAR1Yvwn4-EUpC_ECXlLd1iB751iRYYgkDjA37cu5cSNdJwkixCUY013CuW4">TLHR</a>.</p>

<div> <div>Alarm has been raised over last minute changes to the controversial Computer Crime Bill that the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) will vote on tomorrow. </div></div>

<div> <div>Four leading civil society organizations on Tuesday submitted an open letter to the junta-appointed parliament to hear more opinions from the people on the controversial digital economy bills.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The four are the Foundation for Internet and Civic Culture (FICC) aka the Thai Netizen Network (TNN), the Institution for the Development of Citizen Media, Green World Foundation, and the Foundation for the Blind in Thailand. </div></div>

<p><a href="http://www.fringer.org/">Blogger</a> and freelance financial analyst Sarinee Achavanuntakul has made some observations about the Crown Property Bureau&rsquo;s recently released <a href="http://www.crownproperty.or.th/home/file/annual_report_2554.pdf">2011 annual report</a>.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

<p>Speech and Internet advocates in Thailand are questioning why the Thai police invoked the Computer Crimes Act in going after two Thais accused of spreading rumors on the King's health, media reports in Bangkok say.</p>