<p>The patience of family, friends and supporters was rewarded Saturday when an activist performer and Redshirt firebrand were among 138 women to walk out prison Saturday morning.</p> <p>Pornthip Munkong, a 28-year-old activist convicted over a 2013 student play; and Daranee Charncherngsilpakul, aka “Da Torpedo;” were released at about 6:45am on Saturday morning from the Central Women’s Correctional Institution in Bangkok.</p>

<p dir="ltr">A military prosecutor has officially charged eight people allegedly involved in a Facebook page mocking the Thai junta leader for crimes against the state.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Military Judge Advocate General’s Office on Tuesday, 23 August 2016 indicted <a href="http://prachatai.org/english/category/the-eight-abducted-junta-critics">eight people</a> accused of being administrators of a parody Facebook page mocking the junta leader called ‘We Love General Prayut’ of Article 116 of the Criminal Code, the sedition law.</p>

<div>The Thai word “ja” has become popular in Thailand as a criticism of the police, following the arrest of an activist’s mother in early May on a lèse majesté charge. The case against her is seen as politically motivated and has sent Thailand’s human rights record to a new low. No evidence has been unveiled to the public other than the word “ja,” &nbsp;non-committal, colloquial ‘yes’ Thai, she said during a Facebook conversation. Assistant Professor Sawatree Suksri, expert on criminal law from Thammasat University, and core member of Nitirat, explained whether this could really deemed lèse majesté.&nbsp;</div> <div> </div>

<p>A Thai royalist has threatened to hit a woman in the head for chewing popcorn while the Thai royal anthem was playing in a cinema.</p> <p>Kapook.com on Saturday, 6 August 2016, posted a video which has been shared virally on ‘<a href="https://web.facebook.com/ceclip/videos/2041211929332800/?_rdr">YouLike (คลิปเด็ด)</a>’. The video clip ‘Almost getting hit in the head for chewing popcorn’ is from a Facebook account named ‘Senerys Targaryens’.</p>

<p>The Thai military prosecutor has officially indicted the mother of a prominent anti-junta activist under the lèse majesté law. She was later released on half a million baht bail.</p> <p><a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=1478">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR)&nbsp;</a>reported that the military prosecutor on Monday, 1 August 2016, officially indicted Patnaree Chankij, 40, mother of the well-known anti-junta activist Sirawit Serithiwat, under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law.</p>

<p>The military prosecutor has indicted two embattled anti-junta critics under the lèse majesté law for allegedly defaming the Thai monarchy in a private Facebook chat.</p> <p>Staff of the of the Military Judge Advocate General's Office on Tuesday, 2 August 2016, officially indicted Harit Mahaton and Natthika Worathaiwich for offences under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law.</p> <p>The two are accused of defaming the Thai monarchy in private correspondence via Facebook chat.</p>

<p>The Military Court has sentenced a close aide of the late royal astrologer involved in organising the ‘Bike for Dad’ event in 2015 to three years and six months in prison. &nbsp;</p> <p>The Military Court of Bangkok on Monday, 1 August 2016, handed a three years and six months sentence to Jirawong Watanathewasilp for offences under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law.</p>

<p>Royalist Thais have filed a lèse majesté complaint against the administrators of a Facebook political satire page. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Members of a group called ‘Network to Protect the Monarchy’ in the central province of Sing Buri on Tuesday, 26 July 2016, filed a legal complaint against the administrators of the Facebook page ‘You Can’t Be Slim [a derogative Thai political term usually referring to the pro-establishment yellow shirts] if You Are Not Buffalos’,&nbsp;<a href="http://politic.tnews.co.th/contents/197730/">T-News reported</a>.</p>

<p>Thai police have arrested two suspects accused of lèse majesté for making false claims about the Thai monarchy for financial benefit.</p> <p>Pol Maj Gen Thitirat Nongharnpitak, Commander of the Central Investigation Bureau of the Royal Thai Police, on Friday, 15 July 2016, held a press conference on the arrests of Phakhin Chakabat and Woraphon Mawimon, suspects under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law, the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tnamcot.com/content/514301">Thai News Agency reported</a>.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Thai police have refused to press lèse majesté charges against the mother of an embattled anti-junta activist. &nbsp;</p> <p>Pol Lt Col Sanpetch Noothong, police investigator of the 3^rd Division of the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD), submitted a petition to the relevant authorities to cancel the request to detain Patnaree Charnkij, the mother of well-known anti-junta activist Sirawit Serithiwat,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=1184">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reported</a>.</p>

<p>The Military Court has given a well-known anti-establishment red-shirt country singer an extra three years and four months’ imprisonment for lèse majesté to add to an earlier sentence of seven years and six months.</p> <p>The Military Court of Bangkok on Monday morning, 11 July 2016, handed Thanat Thanawatcharanon, 58, aka Tom Dundee, a country singer turned red-shirt activist, five years in prison for offences under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law.</p> <p>The sentence, however, was reduced by one third to three years and four months after Thanat pleaded guilty.</p>

<p dir="ltr">The Military Court has granted bail to Thai junta critics who have been accused of lѐse majesté after their arrests.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Military Court of Bangkok on Friday, 8 July 2016, refused the sixth custody requests from the police to continue to detain Harit Mahaton and Natthika Worathaiwich, suspects under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lѐse majesté law, and granted 500,000 baht bail for each of the suspects.</p>