<p dir="ltr">After the arrest of an anti-junta activists accused of lèse majesté for sharing the BBC Thai’s biography of King Rama X, Thai authorities have blocked the article.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A provincial court has freed a leading member of an anti-junta activist group accused of lèse majesté for sharing a biography of the new King of Thailand published by the BBC Thai. </p>
<p dir="ltr">At 11:45 am on 4 December 2016, the Provincial Court of Khon Kaen granted 400,000 baht bail to Jatuphat Boonpattaraksa, also known as Pai Daodin, a key member of the New Democracy Movement (NDM) anti-junta activist group. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The Thai police have arrested a leading member of an anti-junta activist group for sharing a biography of the new King of Thailand published by the BBC Thai. </p>
<p dir="ltr">At about 8: 45 am on 3 December 2016, police officers arrested Jatuphat Boonpattaraksa, aka. Pai Daodin, while he was participating in a rally with a group of Buddhist monks in the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum.</p>
<div>An appeal court has refused to try the assassination case of a community rights defender killed earlier this year, ruling that the witnesses are unreliable despite being present at the crime scene.</div>
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<div>On 1 December 2016, the Surat Thani Appeal Court dismissed the assassination case of <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/node/4780">Chai Bunthonglek, a land rights activist who was killed in February this year</a>, reported the Human Rights Lawyers Association.
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<p>Despite opposition from environmental activists and civil society groups, the junta’s lawmakers could soon pass a new Mining Bill to ease environmental regulations for mining businesses.</p>
<p>On 1 December 2016, the National Legislative Assembly will consider the new Mining Bill, which was proposed by the Ministry of Industry to replace the 1967 Mining Act and the 1966 Mineral Royalty Rate Act.</p>
<p>The bill had been put on fast track by the junta’s cabinet but has received stiff disapproval from academics and environmental activists.</p>
<div>Despite being famous for its transgender community, Thailand still discriminates against LGBTIQ+ students through an education system where gender diversity is perceived as ‘severe deviance.’</div>
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<div>Thailand’s sex education system is notorious for discriminating on the basis of gender identities.</div>
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<div>One sex education textbook for grade seven students asks, “Is a male who has sex with both males and females considered sexually deviant?”.
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<p dir="ltr">Thai police have denied lawyers from the Deep South access to three suspects arrested for an alleged Bangkok bombing plot. </p>
<p dir="ltr">A provincial court has concluded that Bangkok’s military court has the jurisdiction to try a lèse majesté suspect accused of mocking the late King’s favourite dog.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A criminal court has dismissed defamation and computer crime charges against anti-mine activists.</p>
<p dir="ltr">On 29 November 2016, the Southern Criminal Court of Bangkok read the verdict on a lawsuit filed by Akara Resources against Somlak Hutanuwatr and Smit (surname withheld due to privacy concerns), according to<a href="https://www.facebook.com/iLawClub/posts/10157772579655551"> iLaw</a>. </p>
By Khaosod English |
<div>Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn on Tuesday became the new monarch of Thailand, succeeding his father King Bhumibol who died seven weeks ago at 88.</div>
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<div>Ending nearly two months of royal interregnum, the prince assumed the kingship as the 10th King of his dynasty just three days before a public holiday commemorating the birth of his late father, who was widely revered as a national father figure.
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<p dir="ltr">Villagers have demanded a school director leave the province because she wore a red dress at a party. </p>
By Suluck Lamubol |
<p dir="ltr">Embattled Thai human rights activists insist their innocence as they continue to fight against lawsuits filed by the military.</p>