<p>At 13.00 today, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) held a press conference to reveal that DNA tests have confirmed that bones found in Kaeng Krachan Dam are those of the missing Karen environmental activist and community rights defender Porlajee &ldquo;Billy&rdquo; Rakchongcharoen, who disappeared in 2014.</p>

<p>Sarinee Achavanuntakul, writer, translator, and independent researcher, has been summonsed by the Election Cases Division of the Supreme Court after she was accused of contempt of court for the publication of an article in the Krungthep Turakit newspaper, says <a href="https://www.tlhr2014.com/?p=13553&amp;fbclid=IwAR1Yvwn4-EUpC_ECXlLd1iB751iRYYgkDjA37cu5cSNdJwkixCUY013CuW4">TLHR</a>.</p>

<p>Palinee &ldquo;Pauline&rdquo; Ngarm-pring, the Mahachon Party candidate for Prime Minister and head of strategy, joined the Future Forward Party (FFP) on Wednesday (28 August), reported <a href="https://tna.mcot.net/view/6fsD20M">MCOT</a>.</p>

<p>On the International Day of the Disappeared (30 August), former human rights commissioner Angkhana Neelapaijit published an open letter to the government, parliament, and other relevant agencies calling for the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Bill to be presented to the elected House of Representatives for re-consideration.</p>

<p>On Sunday (25 August), the family of Abdullah Isomuso, who was admitted to hospital after being found unconscious in his cell at Ingkhayutthaborihan Military Camp in Pattani, announced that he had died after 35 days in intensive care.</p>

<p>On 22 August, parliament voted not to support a proposal to set up a separate Standing Committee on LGBT rights. Instead, LGBT rights will be subsumed under the Standing Committee on children, young people, women, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and ethnic groups.</p>

<p>Rosenun Chesof, a lecturer in linguistics at the University of Malaya, told <a href="https://www.tlhr2014.com/?p=13347&amp;fbclid=IwAR29ofsKVorwAL1piUDjLEVmKfEWfYq1lDqXcIpzD7JcbPdBDQZ0auI42bE">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights</a> that she was detained again at immigration while travelling to and from Thailand last week. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>