<p>BALAC, (The BA Program in Language and Culture), Faculty of Arts, cordially<br />invites you to a special lecture :Right-wing extremism in Europe - a challenge for democracy</p><p>Speaker: Professor Rafal Pankowski, the Institute of Sociology of Collegium Civitas in Warsaw</p>

<p>On 5 August, a second hearing was held at the Criminal Court in Bangkok to examine the grounds in the defamation case brought by Thammakaset Company against Ngamsuk Ruttanasatian, a lecturer in the Institute for Human Rights and Peace (IHRP) at Mahidol University.</p>

<p>On Tuesday (6 August), the Bureau of the Royal Household announced that the condition of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit the Queen Mother has improved, and that she has been discharged from Chulalongkorn Hospital.</p>

<p>Boon Rawd Trading Co., Ltd. and the Mirror Foundation have launched a &ldquo;Return heart to home&rdquo; campaign to turn water bottle labels into missing person posters for missing children.</p>

<p>Former National Human Rights Commissioner and activist Angkhana Neelapaijit has been named one of the five recipients of the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Awards, which will be presented on 9 September 2019 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila.</p>

<p>On Friday (2 August), political activist in exile Junya Yimprasert wrote on her Facebook page that members of the protest band Faiyen had left Laos and travelled to France.</p>

<p>Pavin Chachavalpongpun has reported a physical attack against him, confirming growing public concern at his disappearance from Facebook.</p>

<p>Commissioners Angkhana Neelapaijit and Tuenjai Deetes have resigned from the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRC), effective as of 31 July 2019.</p>

<p>After the Forest Industry Organization (FIO) filed a lawsuit against villagers in Bo Kaew, Chaiyaphum, in 2009, the Supreme Court has ordered that the 31 villagers must move off their land before 27 August.</p>

<p>The prominent historian in exile has called for reform of the monarchy on 28 July, the birthday of King Vajiralongkorn.</p>