<p>A post mortem has shown that an army conscript died from a chronic illness and not from ill-treatment.&nbsp; The mother has accepted the finding.</p> <p>Dr Chalita Chumyuang at Songklanagarind Hospital, Prince of Songkhla University, was reported by the <a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1360471/autopsy-finds-soldier-died-from-illness-not-beating">Bangkok Post</a> to have found that Adisak Noiphithak, a 21-year-old army private recently conscripted to Thep Satri Si Sunthon Camp in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, died from a chronic illness.</p>

<p>A civil society group is pressing the junta’s lawmakers to disclose the content of a meeting on the new land tax bill.</p> <p>On 16 November 2017, representatives of <a href="http://landwatchthai.org/">Land Watch Thai (LWT)</a>, a group monitoring land issues, submitted a letter to Surachai Liengboonlertchai, Vice President of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA).</p> <p>The letter demands disclosure of the report of the 2 November meeting on the Land and Building Tax Bill.</p> <p>The NLA unanimously agreed not the reveal the content of the meeting.</p>

<p>Human rights advocates have called for the prosecution of police officers, public servants, and others accused of buying sex from underage prostitutes in northern Thailand.</p> <p>On 16 November 2017, Ticha na Nakorn, the director of Baan Kanjanapisek Juvenile Vocational Training Centre, Supensri Pungkoksung, Director of the Gender Equality Promotion Centre and the One Stop Crisis Centre, and representatives of other human rights advocacy groups submitted a letter to Khemchai Chutiwongse, the new Attorney General.</p>

<div> <div>After two meetings with security officers, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) released a statement on 15 November 2017 announcing the cancellation of a press briefing, “Vietnam — 165 Prisoners of Conscience, 999 Years Behind Bars”.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The cancellation came after two meetings with soldiers and police officers at Lumpini Police Station on Tuesday afternoon.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>According to the FCCT, the press briefing was to be hosted by Boat People SOS, a non-profit organisation devoted to Vietnamese-American civic and political ac </div></div>

<p dir="ltr">After being imprisoned for three years and four months, a military court once again postponed a witness hearing for a poet accused of royal defamation.</p> <p>On 15 November 2017, the Military Court of Bangkok postponed the trial for Sirapop (surname withheld for privacy concerns), 53, once again as a witness failed to appear to the court.</p> <p>According to Anon Nampa, human rights lawyer representing the defendant, since he was arrested in June 2014, the court completed only one witness hearing in the case out of 6-7 plaintiff witnesses.</p>

<p>A provincial court has handed down jail terms of two and a half years to 2 suspects accused of royal defamation for attempting to burn a royal arch. &nbsp;</p> <p>On 15 November 2017, the Provincial Court of Phon District in Khon Kaen Province sentenced Nuphin, 64, and Chatchai, 25, (surnames withheld due to privacy concerns) each to five years imprisonment, according to <a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=5673">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR)</a>. &nbsp;</p>

<div> <div>According to a Deputy Prime Minister, the ruling junta is preparing to restore local elections, on condition that candidates do not criticise the junta in their campaigns</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On 14 November 2017, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam stated that the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) is considering local elections in some areas. </div></div>

<p>Civil society groups have vowed to gather in front of Government House next month if the junta passes a new environmental law.</p><p>On 14 November 2017, representatives of People&rsquo;s Network for Sustainable Development gathered at the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission in Bangkok.</p><p>They demanded a halt to the bill to revise the Enhancement and Conservation of National Environmental Quality Act of 1992.</p>

<p>The junta has ordered the police to tighten surveillance on anti-government groups and report about their activities every 15 days.</p> <p>On 14 November 2017, Pol Gen Dejnarong Sutthicharnbancha, Deputy Commander of the Royal Thai Police, said that the police have received a letter from the government ordering every police departments to tightly monitor anti-government groups, according to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.matichon.co.th/news/731596">Matichon Online</a>.</p>

<div> <div>A group of southern farmer leaders has been detained in military camps after vowing to protest falling rubber prices.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On 11 November 2017, soldiers and administration officials arrested four rubber farmers in Phatthalung and Trang. The four are leaders of a group of southern rubber farmers who planned to stage a rally in Bangkok.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The four are Phairat Cheoichum, Samrong Petthong, Tanomkiat Yingchuan and Prathop Suksanan. </div></div>

<p>Despite being viewed by outsiders as one of the most LGBTI friendly nations on earth, research findings reveal that almost half of LGBTI respondents have experienced forms of discrimination.</p>

<p>The mother of a private who died less than two weeks after being conscripted has alleged that her son may have been beaten to death.</p> <p>Tueanchai Noiphithak, mother of Adisak Noiphithak, a 21-year-old army private, told&nbsp;<a href="https://mgronline.com/crime/detail/9600000114360">the Manager Online</a>&nbsp;on 12 November 2017 that her son died under suspicious circumstances at a military base.</p>