<p>The military in southern Thailand have summoned villagers campaigning against a junta development project to a military base.</p> <p>On 19 February 2017, the Assembly of the Poor, a civil society organisation advocating for marginalised communities in Thailand, reported via its&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ASSBMLYOFTHEPOOR/">Facebook page</a>&nbsp;that 15 soldiers have visited villagers of Tha Sae District in the southern province of Chumphon.</p>

<p>Activists who have been calling on the local authorities to open the gates of a controversial dam have summoned for talks by the military in Isan, Thailand’s northeast. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>The 22nd Army Division of the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani Province on Saturday issued a letter to summon key leaders of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.prachatai.org/english/category/assembly-of-the-poor">Assembly of the Poor (AOP)</a>, a civil society organisation which is the voice of Thailand’s poor, for a discussion at 1 pm on 30 June. &nbsp;</p>