<div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Thai police warned Thai internet users on Monday that “liking” or expressing approval of anti-military junta messages is a crime.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Pol Maj Gen Amnuay Nimmano, Deputy Commander of Bangkok Metropolitan Police, said liking or expressing approval of messages which ask people to join anti-junta activities is a crime because it helps publicize the messages.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The Thai authorities have constantly warned Thai internet users that sharing and liking lèse majesté Facebook pages constitutes a crime itself as a violation of Artic </div></div>

<div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The trimonthly Same Sky journal, an academic journal which constantly criticizes the lèse majesté law and the establishment, has sent a letter to its subscribers saying that they will indefinitely delay publication of the journal due to the climate of fear.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Same Sky editor Thanapol Eawsakul was one of the first people summoned by the military junta. He was arrested for protesting against the junta and later detained without charge for seven days. </div></div>

<p>The military has released Sawatree Suksri, law academic from Thammasat University and member of Nitirat group, from detention around 10pm of Monday.&nbsp;</p> <p>The military escorted her home after a full-day interogation at the Army Club at Thevet since Monday morning. She was detained at a military camp in eastern Prachinburi province for two nights.</p> <p>The military did not press any charge against her, according to a source.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1402317749&amp;typecate=06&amp;section=">Khaosod English</a> reported on Monday that a senior police officer has forced an art gallery in Chiang Mai province to call off a screening of "1984," the film based on George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel about a society living under an oppressive authoritarian regime.&nbsp;</p>

<p><em>Note:</em> One of the words at the center of this article in Thai is “มนุษย์ป้า,” which literally translated would be “the aunty human,” or “the aunty creature,” but which is here translated simply as “aunty.” The collective plural of “aunty” is “gang of aunties,” or in Thai, “แก๊งค์ป้า.” A longstanding force in public as well as private life, women who fall into the category of aunties have emerged as a critical category of political figures.</p>

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<div> <div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The Crime Suppression Division has issued arrest warrants for labour unionist Jittra Cotchadet and nine others, most affiliated with the red shirts, for not reporting as ordered by the military junta.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The ten are:&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;1 Samran Saichana</div> <div>2 Thanadej Eakapiwat</div> <div>3 Attachai Anantamek</div> <div>4 Yodyiem Simanta</div> <div>5 Noi Dangpao</div> <div>6 Narongsak Plai-aram</div> <div>7 Jittra Cotchadet</div> <div>8 Pipat Pansuwan</div> <div>9 Siripob Pansuwan</div> <div>10 Wanchalerm Satsaksit</div> <div>&nbsp; </div></div></div>

<p>The media sensitivity training session was not going well.</p> <p>BECAUSE I SAY SO!</p> <p>Yes, well, perhaps we could frame that in a softer way, something a little less strident?&nbsp; Or at least just not as loud.</p> <p>What do you mean?</p> <p>Well, this insistence on ‘I’ all the time.&nbsp; Your people have already said that part of your PR problem is this appearance of being dictatorial, …</p> <p>HOW DARE YOU …</p>

<div> <p>Thailand’s new military dictator, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, gave a <a href="http://phuketwan.com/tourism/future-thailand-under-army-general-prayuths-full-speech-20367/">long, rambling, televised address</a> today which is worth reviewing to see how it relates to <a href="http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/thailands-deja-coup/">my analysis</a> of the recent coup and its prospects.</p> </div>

<div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The military on Friday summoned student activists from Khon Kaen University, in northeastern Khon Kaen Province, to have them sign an agreement to stop anti-coup activities.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>In the North East, the junta has kept a close watch on universities, such as Maha Sarakham and Ubon Ratchathani. </div></div>

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