<div> <div> <div>The military junta on Sunday night ordered 38 people, including a Prachatai journalist, to report to the military on Monday and Tuesday at the Thai Army Club, Theves.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), an administrative body under the coup makers, issued Order no. 42-44 at around 9.30 pm. Ten names appear on Orders no. 42 and no. 43, mostly lawyers and politicians. Order no. 44 contains 28 names, most of them having been involved in campaigns to amend/abolish the notorious lèse majesté law and other left-leaning activities. </div></div></div>

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<p>It has become increasingly clear over the past week since the imposition of Martial Law nationwide followed by the coup that one of Thailand’s most draconian and abused laws, the lèse majesté law or Article 112 of the Penal Code, is being used to persecute anyone who voices opposition to the coup.</p>

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<p>The Australian Government continues to have grave concerns about the actions of the military in Thailand.</p> <p>Since the military seized control of government functions on 22 May, the Government has registered our concerns to authorities in Bangkok through Australia’s Ambassador to Thailand and the Thai Embassy in Canberra.</p> <p>In line with our concerns, Australia is reducing our engagement with the Thai military and will lower the level of our interaction with the Thai military leadership.</p>

<p>May 29, 2014<strong> - </strong>Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement one week on from the military coup in Thailand:</p> <p>“Canada is profoundly concerned by recent serious and regrettable setbacks for democracy in Thailand. We urge Thailand’s coup leaders to abide by democratic principles, respect media and Internet freedom, and provide a credible road map for an early return to civilian representative government.</p>

<p>The coup was staged on 22 May—it is the 19^th coup since Thailand abolished its absolute monarchy in 1932. While domestic pressure has been built up against the coup, international community has also kept a watchful eye on what has happened in Thailand.</p>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Thai police arrested Supanmanee Choochaw on Friday after she joined an anti-coup protest at the Victory Monument and sprayed "No Coup" on the hood of the military’s Humvee on Wednesday.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Supanmanee, 42, a civil servant at Education Ministry, was charged with making public assembly of more than five people, obstructing the authorities’ duty and destroying the state’s properties.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The police said they will filed the charges at the Martial Court on Saturday.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The the coup makers has emp </div>

<div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Thai authorities will spy on the country’s popular mobile chat applications by infiltrating into chat groups which are suspected of disseminating anti-junta comments. </div></div>

<p>Following the recent military coup in Thailand, free speech, free assembly and academic freedom have been massively constrained. Now, the junta is even trying to extend these restrictions overseas.</p>