<div> <div>Students at an elite Thai university are campaigning against outdated uniform regulations, arguing they stifle creativity and intellect. The university is threatening those who fail to comply with disqualification from receiving scholarships.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On 8 February 2017, a group of students from Chulalongkorn University’s Engineering Faculty released <a href="https://deklanghong.com/content/2017/02/506">a declaration</a> calling on the faculty to abolish regulations requiring students to wear school uniforms both inside and outside of the classroom. </div></div>

<div>Three prominent universities in Thailand will host commemorative events for the 6 October Massacre to remind society about the culture of impunity, political violence and the role of student activists in Thai politics.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>This year marks the 40th anniversary of Thailand’s 1976 massacre, also known as the 6 October. </div>

<h3>My Declaration on My 18th Birthday: I am a conscientious objector</h3> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>I am a conscientious objector; this means I will not take part in conscription or government required military service in Thailand.</div> <div>Military rule has dominated Thai society, not only now but also for a long time, and its power increases every year. </div>

<div><em>Netiwit Choltiphatphaisal, a student who was among<a href="http://prachatai.org/english/node/5088"> those detained</a> on the first anniversary of the 2014 Coup commemoration, wrote a memo on what happened before he and his friends were arrested.</em></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>---------------------------------</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On Friday after school, I heard that there would be a symbolic activity to commemorate the first anniversary of the coup. </div>

<p>Military officers intimidated and threatened to detain two anti-junta student activists while the police visited the dormitory of one of the two. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.prachatai.org/english/category/natchacha-kongudom">Natchacha Kongudom</a>, an anti-junta student activist from Bangkok University, told Prachatai on Friday that military officers threatened to send her to an ‘attitude adjustment camp’ at a seminar she attended on Wednesday. Later in the evening, several police officers came to her dormitory to search for her, but she was absent.</p>

<div>Nawaminthrachinuthit Triam Udomsuksa Phatthanakan School</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>27 January 2014</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Mr. Suthep Thaugsuban&nbsp;</div> <div>Secretary General of the People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC)</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Topic: &nbsp;Curiosity and anxiety of an ordinary student</div> <div>Dear Mr. Suthep:</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>My name is Netiwit Chotiphatpaisal and I am a Grade &nbsp;11 high school student with an interest in political news. </div>