<p>Chiang Mai’s prosecutors have postponed the indictment of academics and students accused of breaching the junta’s ban on political gatherings by participating in an academic forum.</p>
<p>On 21 September 2017, the prosecutor at Chiang Mai District Court <a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=5245">postponed </a>the indictment of the five individuals who are accused of violating the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Head’s Order No. 3/2015, the junta’s ban on political gatherings of five or more persons.</p>
By Scholars at Risk |
<div>August 17, 2017 -- Scholars at Risk (SAR) is concerned over the summons of two professors, two students, and one independent intellectual in connection with their attendance at the International Conference on Thai Studies.</div>
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<div>SAR understands these five individuals attended the 13th International Conference on Thai Studies, held from 15 to 18 July 2017 at the Chiang Mai Convention Center in Chiang Mai.
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<p>The police have summoned academics and students accused of breaching the junta’s ban on political gatherings for participating in an academic forum.</p>
<p>Teeramon Buangam, a master’s student at Chiang Mai University and editor of <a href="http://www.prachatham.com/">Prachatham News</a>, told the media that he received a summons from Changphueak Police Station in Chiang Mai on 12 August 2017.</p>
By Kornkritch Somjittranukit |
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<div>The “most political” Thai studies conference was held last week, with calls for academic freedom in Thai society. The junta, however, responded by summoning three scholars.</div>
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<div>Every three years, the International Conference on Thai Studies (ICTS) is held as a platform for scholars and researchers. This year, the 13th ICTS was hosted in Chiang Mai and 385 papers were presented between 15 and 18 July. </div>
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<div>But the 13th ICTS was also a symbolic protest against the ruling junta.
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<p>The Deputy Governor of Chiang Mai has threatened three academics who allegedly put up banners against the junta with being summoned by the military. </p>