<p><a href="http://www.khaosodenglish.com/detail.php?newsid=1436266628">Khaosod English</a>:&nbsp;The secretary-general of Thailand's ruling military junta has urged Thais living abroad to explain the reasons behind the May 2014 coup d'etat to foreigners.</p>

<p dir="ltr">The Thai broadcasting authorities warned a TV station over broadcasting a program on the Deep South peace talk, saying that the program could lead to conflict and confusion.</p>

<div>The Thai minimum wage cannot support three people, and therefore does not meet international standards, says a leading research institute.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) states that the Thai minimum wage of 300 baht a day does not meet International Labour Organization (ILO) standards of being sufficient to support three people.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On Monday July 6, Yongyuth Chalamwong, labour development research director at TDRI, stated that three-person families in 61 provinces were at risk of dropping below the poverty line s </div>

<p>The Thai junta’s cabinet gave the green light to a bill to establish a Military Reserve Force (MRF) Committee in order to tighten up calls for military service and set out criminal penalties for employers who refuse to pay their workers serving in the military. &nbsp;</p> <p>The cabinet on Monday, 7 July 2015, approved the Military Reserve Force Bill to form a ‘Military Reserve Force Committee’, which will have the authority to summon Thai males trained as ‘Nak Sueksa Wicha Thahan’, or <u>Military Reserve Force</u>, for additional training and military service if needed.</p>

<p>The 14 embattled anti-junta activists were reunited with their families after nearly two weeks of detention. However, they still face charges.</p> <p>At around 5:30 am on Wednesday, 8 July 2015, prison staff of Bangkok Remand Prison freed the 14 embattled anti-junta activists after the Bangkok Military Court yesterday rejected a custody petition against them.</p>

<p>A Thai police officer has accused a board member of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amnesty.or.th/">Amnesty International Thailand</a>&nbsp;(AI Thailand) of sedition for showing support for the 14 embattled anti-junta activists. &nbsp;</p> <p>Baramee Chairat, a recently re-elected member of the board of AI Thailand and a coordinator of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.prachatai.org/english/category/assembly-of-the-poor">Assembly of the Poor (AOF)</a>, told Prachatai that on Monday, 6 July 2015, he received a summons from Samranrat Police Station in Bangkok.</p>

<div> <div> <div>Film critics say a Czech film, set in 20th century Czechoslovakia, recently screened in a central Bangkok mall, reflects the role of autocratic regimes in everyday life and education and also sheds light on how constantly-changing autocratic regimes bear down upon normal people in their everyday lives, even on “non political” people.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The discussion after the special screening of I Served the King of England (2006) at the Central World on Saturday drew parallels between the film’s 20th century Czechoslovakia setting and present-day Thailand while raisin </div></div></div>

<p>The Thai military court has rejected a custody request concerning the 14 anti-junta activists on one of their charges. However, they still have to face trial.</p> <p>At about 11:30 Tuesday, 7 July 2015, the Thai military court rejected a police custody petition to detain the 14 embattled anti-junta activists, who have been in custody since 26 June 2015. &nbsp;</p>

<p>French state officials for human rights wrote messages to support the 14 embattled anti-junta activists after anti-coup Thai students in Europe issued a statement calling for their immediate release.</p>

<p>Activists, academics, and many others gathered at Thammasat University to show their solidarity for the 14 embattled anti-junta activists and call for their release as the end of their custody period draws near.</p> <p>On Monday evening, 6 July 2015, many people from all walks of life gathered at Thammasat University, Tha Prachan Campus, to participate in an event called ‘Wings of Freedom’ to campaign for the immediate release of the 14 embattled anti-junta activists, who have been in custody since 26 June 2015.</p>

<p dir="ltr">People gathered in the northern province of Chiang Mai, Thailand, to show moral support to the 14 embattled anti-junta activists under tight monitoring of the police and military officers.</p> <p>On Sunday, 5 July 2015, a crowd gathered in front of Chiang Mai University to hold an event called ‘Post Its for Freedom’ to urge for an immediate release for the 14 embattled anti-junta activists who have been detained since last week, 26 June 2015.</p>

<p>International organizations calling for the release of the 14 anti-junta activists do not understand the Thai political context of the arrests, said a junta spokesman.</p> <p>Maj Gen Weerachon Sukontapatipak, spokesman for the junta’s National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), stated that the government understands the role of international organizations and does not have a problem with the students’ way of thinking.</p>