<p>After prohibiting anti-establishment red shirts from opening charter referendum watch centres, Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, deputy junta head and Defence Minister, has defended the use of army cadets to promote the referendum, maintaining that the authorities are not biased. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

<p>A police officer has intimidated a student activist from Ramkhamhaeng University over an academic seminar on the junta-sponsored draft constitution, asking the student whether he has a brain or not.</p>

<div> <div>A Military Court has rejected a fourth application for bail for two junta critics accused of lѐse majesté, citing the seriousness of the charge and flight risk, despite submissions of one million baht each.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On Wednesday, 15 June 2016, the Bangkok Military Court rejected bail of one million baht for Harit Mahaton and Natthika Worathaiwich, two junta critics accused of lѐse majesté for sending messages deemed defamatory to the Thai Monarchy in a private Facebook chat. </div></div>

<div> <div>More than 10 Pheu Thai politicians have simultaneously denounced the junta’s charter draft for its undemocratic origin and content, adding that they will vote against it in the August referendum. One politician argues that the charter draft is actually an amnesty bill for the junta.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On Wednesday, 15 June 2016, prominent politicians of the Pheu Thai Party, the anti-establishment political party with a strong affiliation with Thaksin Shinawatra, simultaneously declared their stance against the junta’s charter draft on their Facebook accounts. </div></div>

<p>Activists charged over Rajabhakti Park trip refuse to be tried by Military Court</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Embattled anti-junta activists charged with defying the Thai junta’s ban on political gatherings by organizing a field trip to Rajabhakti Park, the military’s royal theme park plagued with corruption allegations, have refused to be tried by a Military Court.</p>

<p>Military officers managing Rajabhakti Park, the military’s royal theme park plagued with allegations of corruption, have asked Hua Hin Municipality to pay for the maintenance of the park.</p> <p>Jirawat Prammanee, Deputy City Clerk of Hua Hin Municipality in the central province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, told the media that the Executive Committee of Rajabhakti Park has asked Hua Hin Municipality to pay 120,000 baht (about 3,400 USD) per month for the maintenance costs of the park,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.posttoday.com/local/south/437479">Posttoday</a>&nbsp;reported.</p>

<p>The military have summoned key leaders of the anti-establishment red shirt group in northern Thailand to a military base over a draft constitution referendum watch campaign.</p> <p>Siriwat Jupamattha, a key red shirt leader in the northern province of Phayao, told the media that soldiers from the 34th Military Circle on Tuesday, 14 June 2016, summoned him and another red shirt leader for a discussion,&nbsp;<a href="https://tlhr2014.wordpress.com/2016/06/14/ban_referendum_center/">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR)&nbsp;</a>reported.</p>

<div> <div>A group of people dressed in yellow shirts have filed an accusation with the Administrative Court against agencies allied to the junta -- the PM, cabinet, charter drafters, lawmakers, and Election Commission -- for risking Thailand’s territory under the draft constitution, adding that the referendum should be postponed until the problematic articles are fixed. </div></div>

<p>Soldiers and police officers have forced a shopkeeper in northern Thailand to remove a banner campaigning on the charter referendum, claiming that they are doing it to maintain peace. &nbsp;</p> <p></p>

<p dir="ltr">A research done by the <a href="http://www.tcijthai.com/tcijthainews/view.php?ids=6245">Thailand Information Center for Civil Rights and Investigative Journalism (TCIJ)</a> has revealed that suicide among the Thai police is twice higher than other Thai citizens on average.</p> <p>From 2008 to May 2016, 276 Thai police officers have committed suicide, which is about 32.5 officers per year or about 13.6 officers per 100,000 officers, reported TCIJ.</p>

<div>Following the worst mass shooting in American history, the LGBTI community of Bangkok joined many other cities around the world in showing love, support, and solidarity for the victims at a candlelight vigil.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7618/27626008616_99e9e632e3_o.jpg" style="width: 640px; height: 360px;" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#ff8c00;">People light candles in Bangkok at the candlelight vigil held for the mass shooting at Puls </span></strong></div>

<p>The Thai military have defended their decision to file legal complaints against human rights advocates in the restive Deep South, saying that they have to defend the honour of the country, while the embattled rights activists refuse to be cowed.</p>