<p>An anti-coup protester was arrested at the Victory Monument, Bangkok, on Wednesday evening. </p>
<p>The military arrested the 40-year-old man at the Victory Monument shortly after the national anthem ended at 6pm. He was now detained at the office of the Crime Suppression Diivision. </p>
<p>He told Prachatai on Thursday that he came to protest alone and was arrested when he was about to go home. </p>
<p>He said he owns a small construction company. </p>
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<div>Four people, including three local red-shirt leaders, and one civic society activist, have been arrested by the military in northeastern Ubon Ratchathani province. Only the activist has been released but on the condition that he has to report himself to the military everyday, according to a source, asked not to be named.</div>
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<div>The three local red-shirt leaders are Sawas Kukaew, Somjit Suthipan, and Pichet Tabudd.
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<div>Thailand’s military junta blocked access to the ‘Midnight University’ website on Wednesday. (http://www.midnightuniv.org) The site had also been temporarily blocked shortly after the 2006 coup.
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<div>The military on Tuesday reportedly arrested 10 more red-shirts in northern Chiang Mai Province and raided the office of Rak Chiang Mai 51 Radio, a community radio station of the major red-shirt faction in the province.
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By Thai Lawyers for Human Rights |
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<p>Chaturon Chaisang, former education minister, was arrested on Tuesday at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) shortly after he finished holding a press conference there. He was arrested in front of about 100 reporters. </p>
By Myanmar Journalist Association |
<div>Concerns about the restrictions on the freedom of Thai journalists following the coup in Thailand:</div>
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<div>[28 May 2014] 1. It is reported that the military authority in our neighbor Thailand is taking necessary measures to restore peace and stability after staging a coup on May 22.</div>
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