<p>The junta have charged eight dissidents abducted by the military with sedition while two of the eight are also accused of lѐse majesté. Meanwhile, the police are gathering evidence against key red shirt figures allegedly linked to some of the eight. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Military Court has issued arrest warrants for nine political dissidents, most of whom were abducted by the authorities for criticising the junta.</p> <p><a href="http://www.matichon.co.th/news/120269">Matichon Online</a>&nbsp;reported that the Military Court of Bangkok on Thursday, 28 April 2016, issued arrest warrants for nine persons, eight of whom were abducted by the military yesterday.</p>

<p dir="ltr">The Thai military has released one of <a href="http://prachatai.org/english/node/6087">the 10 persons abducted by the regime</a> in the latest junta’s crackdown on political dissidents.</p> <p>Nithi Kooltasnasilp at 10:16 pm on Wednesday, 27 April 2016, posted a status on his Facebook account that he has reached home after being interrogated by police officers and soldiers.</p>

<p>A lawyer and the administrator of a Facebook page opposing supernatural beliefs have filed a lѐse majesté complaint, accusing many internet users of defaming the monarchy on Facebook and YouTube.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Academics pointed out that even though the junta-sponsored draft constitution passes the public referendum, it will have no legitimacy as the junta is clamping down hard on the draft critics.</p>

<p>The Thai junta has announced that a well-known politician from the Pheu Thai Party currently in detention may face two years in prison for violating a regime announcement.</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailynews.co.th/politics/392579">The Daily News&nbsp;</a>on Tuesday, 19 April 2016, reported that Watana Muangsook, a politician from the Pheu Thai Party currently detained at a so-called attitude adjustment camp, may face two years’ imprisonment for violating National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Announcement No. 39/2014.</p>

<p>Environmental protection groups have filed a petition against the junta order to ease regulations on the construction of power plants, saying the order violates human rights.</p> <p>A network of eight provincial environmental protection groups and the&nbsp;<a href="http://enlawfoundation.org/newweb/?p=2688">EnLawThai Foundation (EnLaw)</a>&nbsp;on Monday, 18 April 2016, filed a joint petition to the Administrative Court of Bangkok against National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Order No. 4/2016.</p>

<p>The Thai junta leader scolded politicians for disagreeing with a plan to add an additional question to the public referendum on the draft constitution. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.matichon.co.th/news/101837">Matichon Online reported&nbsp;</a>that Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, the junta leader and Prime Minister, on Monday, 11 April 2016, said that politicians have no right to disagree with him over the proposal to include another question in the public referendum to pass the draft constitution.</p> <p>The referendum is scheduled for 7 August 2016.</p>

<p>A group of progressive law scholars has denounced the draft constitution, saying it will only prolong the junta’s rule.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.prachatai.org/english/category/nitirat">Nitirat group</a>, an association of progressive law academics known for their advocacy against Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law, on Thursday, 7 April 2016, issued a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.enlightened-jurists.org/blog/91">public statement&nbsp;</a>against the complete draft constitution written by the junta-appointed Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC).</p>

<div title="Page 1"> <div> <div> <div> <p>On the first anniversary of the lifting of martial law in Thailand, and as officials announced they will hold political re-education courses in army camps for government critics, Amnesty International calls on Thai authorities to lift the “virtual” martial law powers it has granted to the military in decrees that restrict human rights to the further detriment of the rule of law in the country.</p> </div></div></div></div>

<p>The chief of the Royal Thai Army says that a new standardised version of the so-called attitude adjustment sessions is completed, implying that political dissidents could be sent to the restive Deep South.</p>

<p>The Thai military summoned a key leader of a group campaigning against a waste-fired power plant for a discussion, saying that he is on the list of ‘influential figures’.</p> <p><a href="https://tlhr2014.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/ncpo-summoned-taweesak-junk-power-plant/">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR)</a>&nbsp;reported that on Wednesday, 30 March 2016, military officers released Taweesak Inkwang, a key leader of a campaign against a waste-fired power plant in Chiang Rak Yai Subdistrict in the central province of Pathum Thani, after hours of discussion.</p>