<p>At the first anniverary of the treaty banning cluster bombs becoming binding under international law on 1st Aug, campaigners condemned Thailand&rsquo;s recent use of cluster bombs against Cambodia, despite both countries recently announcing their plans to ratify the treaty.</p>

<p>Today marks the third anniversary of the incarceration of Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul, alias &lsquo;Da Torpedo&rsquo;, on charges of l&egrave;se majest&eacute;. In 2008, Ms. Daranee was charged with making several remarks deemed to be l&egrave;se majest&eacute; in speeches on the stage of UDD rallies. She was convicted on three counts of insulting the King and Queen and given a six-year sentence on each count &ndash; in total, an 18 year sentence. The court did not allow for a suspension of her jail term.</p>

<p>It is 63 days since Joe Gordon was first incarcerated, and despite this, he seems considerably well. &quot;Yes, it took a long time, but I've started receiving some medicine now, and it's working,&quot; he says. </p>

<p>Joe Gordon wears glasses in the style of John Lennon. They accentuate a sense of his wide-eyed disbelief, at the turn of events that should find him here. &quot;I sleep between men,&quot; he says &quot;on the concrete. When I wake up I can barely move.&quot;</p>

<p>Should travelers find themselves on the wrong side of Thai law in a single &quot;lapse in judgment&quot;, it could be all it takes &quot;to lose all your civil liberties&quot;.</p>

<p>Family of arrested Thai-American citizen Joe Gordon, 54, believe he is innocent of all charges.</p> <p>On Friday Prachatai reported that Mr. Gordon had been charged on Tuesday &quot;with l&egrave;se majest&eacute;, inciting unrest and disobedience of the law in public, and disseminating computer data which threatens national security.&quot; The DSI allege that he owns a blog which offers a link to download 'The King Never Smiles', a book banned in Thailand.</p>

<p>In April 1992, a small band of Cambodian refugees marched alongside orange-swathed monks, as they slowly made their way across the Thai-Cambodian border. So began the first of what would become known as an annual <em>Dhammayatria</em>, or 'procession for peace'.</p>

<p>In 2010, Thailand experienced a fifth consecutive yearly decline in press freedom, moving from 'Partly Free' to 'Not Free' in terms of press freedom, according to Freedom House.</p>