Historian, writer, and political commentator Nidhi Eoseewong has died today (7 August 2023) at the age of 83, after being hospitalised for lung cancer.

<p>The Thai authorities have summoned to a police station an academic who urged the junta not to intervene in academic freedom.</p> <p>According to Midnight University, a virtual university for free public education, police from Chang Puak Police Station in northern Chiang Mai Province issued a summons for Attachak Sattayanurak, a history lecturer from Chiang Mai University.</p>

<p>Amid the cheers over the seizure of Thaksin&rsquo;s assets, Somchai Preechasilpakul of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Midnight</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place> points to the need to make all political elites accountable, not merely a particular group of politicians.</p>