<p>Public forum &quot;Reconciliation and Charter Change: Underpinnings and Scenarios&quot; organized by the Institute of Security and International Studies (ISIS) at Chulalongkorn University on 3 July. Panelists include Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Suchit Bunbongkarn, Duncan McCargo, and Panitan Wattanayagorn.</p>

<p>Thongchai Winichakul, former student leader in 1976 and currently professor at the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US, wrote a <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/98322348/Letter-to-ICC-Prosecutor-Draft">letter</a> to the International Criminal Court on 24 May, regarding Thailand's political turmoil in 2010. He also visited the ICC in the Hague with the Red Shirt delegation this week.</p>

<p>The US has developed a project which can emit electromagnetic waves into the atmosphere to be reflected back to the earth to cause &lsquo;natural disasters&rsquo; at targeted areas, as a new kind of weapon to destroy enemies, said Panthep Puapongpan, spokesperson for the People&rsquo;s Alliance for Democracy in an ASTV-Manager television programme on 20 June.</p>

<p>Sensate: A Journal of Critical Media Practice has launched a special issue of its online journal &quot;Unspeakable Things&quot; [&quot;สิ่งที่แตะต้องไม่ได้&quot;].</p>

<p>After years of waiting for Amnesty International's support, lese majeste detainees hope smuggled letter will bring NGO on board</p> <p>The following is an English translation of a letter addressed directly to Amnesty International from a political prisoner in Thailand, <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/search/node/thanthawut">Thanthawut Taweewarodomkul</a>, who was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for breaching Thailand's draconian lese majeste law.</p>

<p>Video clip of panel discussion on the lese majeste law held on 7 June in Bangkok with speakers including Benedict Anderson,&nbsp; Pravit Rojanaphruk, Andrew MacGregor Marshall (via Skype), and Sulak Sivaraksa, moderated by Lisa Gardner.</p>

<p>On 30 May, the Criminal Court found Prachatai Director Chiranuch Premchaiporn guilty of allowing readers&rsquo; comments deemed offensive to the monarchy to remain on the Prachatai webboard for too long.</p>

<p>A yellow shirt in Roi Et has filed a l&egrave;se majest&eacute; complaint against Nation reporter Pravit Rojanaphruk, for his contributions to Prachatai.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Surachai Danwatthananusorn has been hospitalized since 17 May with high blood pressure and a swollen prostate, resulting in fatigue and loss of appetite, said his wife Pranee.&nbsp; </p>

<p>On 18 May, a bail request by Somyot Prueksakasemsuk was denied yet again and the Constitutional Court dismissed his petition to seek its ruling on the constitutionality of Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the l&egrave;se majest&eacute; law.</p>

<p>On 16 May, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs met to hear the case of Amphon Tangnoppakul, the l&egrave;se majest&eacute; convict who died from liver cancer during detention, and invited officials from several agencies including the Corrections Department, the Court of Justice and the National Human Rights Commission, as well as Amphon&rsquo;s lawyers and family members.</p>

<p>National Human Rights Commissioner Niran Phithakwatchara and members of an NHRC subcommittee have been accused of l&egrave;se majest&eacute; by the head of Kaeng Krachan National Park after they intervened in a project, which the park claims was implemented in honour of the King.</p>