<p>A student-led protest took place at the Pathumwan Skywalk on Saturday (8 August) to demand the release of human rights lawyer Anon Nampa and student activist Panupong Jadnok, who were <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8703">arrested</a> on Friday (7 August) and then released on bail.</p>

<p>A protest on 9 August in Phitsanulok Province was interrupted as leading figures were &nbsp;abducted by people claiming to be state agents, taken to their homes and asked to cancel the protest.</p>

<p>The organizer of the demonstration at Thammasat University read their first declaration. It proposes that the monarchy should be reformed in line with democratic principles. The perception toward the monarchy should not be exaggerated.</p>

<p>Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) report that a 24-year-old man in Krabi Province was visited by the police who tried to make him sign a document promising not to express any opinion about the monarchy as he had during a past protest.</p>

<p>Anon Nampa and Panupong Jadnok, two pro-democracy activists who were arrested on Friday (7 August), have been released on bail on the condition that they do not repeat the actions of which they were accused.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Human rights lawyer Anon Nampa and student activist Panupong Jadnok are now under arrest on sedition charges under Section 116 of the Criminal Code and for violating the Emergency Decree after they took part in the <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8663">mass protest</a> on 18 July. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The new cabinet list has been published in the Royal Gazette, with technocrats taking the Energy and Finance ministries, and Labour and the PM&rsquo;s Office going to the Palang Pracharat Party (PPRP) network.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Apiwat Kantong, vice minister of the Office of the Prime Minister, filed a complaint today (5 August) against human rights lawyer Anon Nampa accusing him of defaming the monarchy in his speech at the <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8696">Harry Potter-themed protest</a> on Monday (3 August), during which he called for monarchy reform and open criticism of the crown.</p>

<p>Students from Kasetsart University and the Mahanakorn for Democracy group organized a Harry Potter-themed protest on Monday (3 August) at the Democracy Monument, calling for amendments to laws regarding the power of the monarchy and for the authorities to listen to the voice of the people.</p>

<p>Puttipong Punnakanta, Minister of the Digital Economy and Society (DES), says that Facebook has violated the Thai Computer Crime Act for blocking only 20 per cent of all illegal content whose removal has been requested by the authorities.</p>

<p>The Criminal Court has scheduled 14 September to hear the testimony of political activist Karn Pongpraphapan. The prosecutor has brought charges under the Computer Crime Act over comments about the monarchy that allegedly caused public disorder and affected the Kingdom&rsquo;s security.</p>

<p>At an event organized by the Student Union of Thailand (SUT) and the Popular Student Network for Democracy (PSND), young people wrote down their hopes and dreams for the future and put them in a sealed envelope to be opened in ten years&rsquo; time, while many expressed concerns that the country might not make it that long.</p>