<div> <div>About 20 police officers, most in plainclothes, have been deployed at the entrance to a Bangkok safe house of 11 of 14 student activists wanted on arrest warrants for protesting.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The 11 are wanted on arrest warrants for commemorating the first anniversary of the coup at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and in Khon Kaen on 22 May.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Rangsiman Rome, one of the 11, told Prachatai that they will not resist arrest as this fight is coming to an end. </div></div>

<div> <div>The police on Wednesday morning arrested Natchacha Kongudom, a transgender student activist, after she was admitted to hospital.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Natchacha, 21, is one of the eight students wanted on an arrest warrant for violating the junta’s order when they attempted to commemorate the first anniversary of the coup d’état on 22 May.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Natchacha was admitted to Vibhavadi Hospital. </div></div>

<div>The military court has granted bail to a student activist arrested on the first anniversary of the military coup last month after the police accsed him of defying the junta’s order. Eight other activists will report in on Wednesday.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Chatchai or Thatchapong Kaedam, nicknamed Boy, an anti-coup activist from the Student and People Network for Thailand's Reform (STR) on Monday reported himself to the police at the Pathumwan Police Station. </div>

<div> <div>Update: the three were released on Friday evening with no charge.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The police have detained three student activists from the Dao Din group of Khon Kaen University, interrupting their plan to show moral support to seven other group members wanted by the police.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Kwanhathai Patumtawonsakul, Jiratchaya Hannarong and Krit Sangsurin were arrested at 1 pm when they were on their way to Khon Kaen’s Democracy Monument. </div></div>

<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d84bbf33-c292-123d-1de0-e2afc749693a">At least four student activists who last week were detained for an <a href="http://prachatai.org/english/node/5094">attempt to commemorate</a> the first anniversary of the military coup were summoned to hear charges for violating the junta’s order.</span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d84bbf33-c292-123d-1de0-e2afc749693a">The police accused the student activists of violating the junta’s National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) which prohibits an assembly of more than five people. </span></p>

<div>4 June 2015 - Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) launches a report, “Human Rights One Year After the 2014 Coup: A Judicial Process in Camouflage Under the National Council for Peace and Order.” The report highlights how during the past year, in addition to failing to be a ‘neutral party,’ the military has violated fundamental rights, including the right to freedom of expression. </div>

<p>An international think tank has downgraded Thailand’s rule of law ranking after the military assumed power in the 2014 coup.</p> <p><a href="http://data.worldjusticeproject.org/#groups/THA">World Justice Project</a>&nbsp;(WJP), an international non-profit organization which conducts research on governance and rule of law worldwide, presented its annual findings showing that Thailand’s fundamental rights are spiralling downwards.</p>

<div> <div>Jaran Ditapichai is a anti-establishment red-shirt leader, leftist and ex-communist who has fled Thailand to France after the coup on 22 May 2014. Prachatai interviewed Jaran about his exile life and how he will fight for Thai democracy from abroad. &nbsp;</div> </div>

<div>Since the absolute monarchy was abolished in Thailand in 1932, over a dozen successful military coups have taken place in our country. </div>

<p>The criminal court has refused to take legal action against the Thai junta leader and his associates for staging a coup d’état against the former elected administration and the former constitution.</p>

<div><em>For release on 22 May 2015</em></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Today many students groups gathered to express their political views and opposition to the coup. </div>