<p>Student Union of Thailand (SUT) president Jutatip Sirikhan has been arrested while on the way to university earlier today (1 September) for her participation in the 18 July mass protest.</p>

<p>On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the student activist group Spring Movement and Amnesty International Thailand organized the &ldquo;Separation/(Silence)&rdquo; exhibition at the 14 October Memorial in memory of victims of enforced disappearances in Thailand.</p>

<p>The House committee scrutinizing the 2021 budget has voted to delay payment to China for 2 submarines after Gen Prayuth Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister and Defence Minister, ordered the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) to reconsider.</p>

<p>15 activists who received a police summons for their participation in the 18 July mass protest at the Democracy Monument went to Samranrat Police Station on 28 August to hear their charges, after they had participated in a <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8755">demonstration at the 14 October Memorial</a> on Ratchadamnoen Avenue the previous night.</p>

<p>A &ldquo;Sleep in a camp, not in a jail&rdquo; protest organized by the &ldquo;We are Friends&rdquo; group was held at the 14 October Memorial on 27-28 August. The group underlined the Free People demands for political and monarchy reform.</p>

<p>63 people are facing charges under the Emergency Decree for participating in anti-government demonstrations, despite the authorities&rsquo; claim that the Decree is being extended in order to control the spread of Covid-19, says <a href="https://www.tlhr2014.com/?p=20836">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights</a> (TLHR).</p>

<p>Student activist Panupong &ldquo;Mike&rdquo; Jadnok was arrested for the second time yesterday (25 August), for participating in the demonstration at Thammasat University&rsquo;s Rangsit campus on 10 August. Human rights lawyer Anon Nampa was also arrested earlier today (26 August) on the same charge.</p>

<p>Access to a Facebook group of 1 million monarchy reformists has been restricted in Thailand. Group founder Pavin Chachavalpongpun says &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s fight, bitch&rdquo; as he opens a new group which registers more than 375,000 members in 5 hours. Facebook also says it is preparing legal action against Thai government as its restriction requests may violate international human rights law.</p>

<p>Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) has filed a complaint with the Technology Crime Supression Division (TCSD) to prosecute Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a Thai professor in exile and the admin of a Facebook group which has more than 1 million monachy reformists as supporters.</p>

<p>The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Thailand has released a&nbsp;statement&nbsp;demanding anti-government protesters to respect Thai law at the same time as they are being arrested and threatened by the Thai authorities. While the NHRC also calls for the government to follow international standards in managing assemblies, former commissioners released a more progressive statement calling for the end to harassment of the protesters.</p>

<p>Human rights lawyer Anon Nampa was arrested again last night (19 August) because of his participation in the <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8696">Harry Potter-themed protest</a> on 3 August.</p>