<p>Pro-democracy activists gathered in front of Army Headquarters to call for military reform at an event commemorating the suicide of a taxi driver, who hanged himself from a bridge to protest the 2006 military coup d’état.</p> <p>In the late afternoon of Saturday, 31 October 2015, anti-junta activists from the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Resistantcitizen/?notif_t=notify_me_page">Resistant Citizens Group</a>&nbsp;and a large crowd gathered at the 14 October Memorial on Rachadamnoen Avenue on the 9th anniversary of the suicide of Numthong Praiwan, a taxi driver.</p>

<p>A Buddhist monk from a well-known temple has suggested that the government should burn a mosque for every Buddhist monk killed in the restive Deep South.</p> <p>Venerable&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Watbenchama/posts/566952423453339">Aphichat Promjan</a>, chief lecturer monk at Benjamabophit Temple, a Bangkok temple under royal patronage, on Thursday, 29 October 2015, posted on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Watbenchama/posts/566952423453339">Facebook </a>the suggestion that state authorities should take radical measures to quell the violence in the Deep South. &nbsp;</p>

<p>Thai military officers have asked the coordinator of a northern anti-establishment red shirt group not wear a red shirt to show support for the former Prime Minister. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>According to Thailand Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), military officers from the 34th Army Division on Monday, 26 October 2015, summoned Siriwat Jupamadta, coordinator of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), the main red shirt faction, of the northern province of Phayao for a discussion.</p>

<div>The editor of a pro-democracy news website was summoned by the junta over a recent infographic it deemed overly broad in describing the kingdom’s strict law against defaming the monarchy.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Thaweeporn Kummetha, editor of Prachatai English, said 10 officers from the military, police and other law enforcement agencies asked Prachatai to be more careful in how it presented information, particularly in regards to the law, which is known as lese majeste. </div>

<p>The authorities have arrested and pressed sedition charges against a 77-year-old teacher for giving flowers to support an anti-junta activist.</p> <p>According to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1647407905533707&amp;id=1422797047994795">Free Thai Legal Aid (FTLA)</a>, their lawyers on Monday 10 am, 26 October 2015, submitted a bail request for Preecha Kaewbanpaew, a 77-year-old retired teacher, to the Military Court of Bangkok.</p>

<p>A police officer accused of lèse majesté for making false claims about the monarchy for personal benefit together with a famous fortune-teller has committed suicide in prison.</p> <p>The Department of Corrections on Saturday, 24 October 2015, announced that Pol Maj Prakrom W., an inspector in the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD), hanged himself and died while detained at the remand facility in the 11th Army Division&nbsp;on Nakhon Chaisri road, Bangkok.</p>

<p>SAKON NAKHON – The ongoing clash between the government’s forest reclamation policy and community land rights in the Northeast came to a head on October 21st. Standing before the provincial court in Sakon Nakhon Province, nine villagers from Jatrabiab village — each convicted with encroaching on protected forests — listened as the judge handed down their sentences.</p>

<p>The Provincial Court of the northeastern province of Sakon Nakhon has sent two villagers to prison for encroaching into national forest reserves while six others received suspended jail terms. &nbsp;</p>

<p>A military court has detained three lèse majesté suspects accused of making false claims about the monarchy for personal benefit, one of whom is a well-known fortune-teller involved in organising the ‘Bike for Dad’ event.</p> <p>At around 3 pm Wednesday, 21 October 2015, the police officers brought Suriyan Sutjritpolwongse, aka Mo Yong, a well-known fortune-teller, Jirawong W., his close associate, and Pol Maj Prakrom W., an inspector in the Technology Crime Suppression Division, to the Military Court of Bangkok to request permission to remand the three in custody.</p>

<p>The Thai Army has established an ‘Army Cyber Centre’ to boost the military’s online defence capacity whose primary task is to protect the Thai monarchy. &nbsp;</p> <p>On Monday, 19 October 2015, Gen Sommai Kaotira, Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, the commanders-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, Navy, and Air Force, and Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, Chief of the Royal Thai Police, met at the Military Headquarters in Bangkok to announce the establishment of the Army Cyber Centre.</p>

<p>After the Thai National Police Chief set up a special investigation team tasked with cracking down on lèse majesté cases, a high-ranking police officer revealed that the team was formed after lèse majesté complaints filed by the military. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Supreme Court has dismissed charges against a woman accused of posting lèse majesté messages on the Prachatai web-board in 2008, citing inconclusive evidence.</p> <p>At the Criminal Court of Bangkok, Ratchadaphisek Road, on Tuesday morning, 20 October 2015, the Supreme Court dismissed charges against Noppawan T under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law, and Article 14 of the Computer Crime Act, prohibiting the importation of illegal content into a computer system.</p>