<div> <div> <div>The military court on Wednesday refused to grant bail for Opas C., a 67-year-old man charged with lèse majesté for writing graffiti defaming the revered Thai monarchy in restrooms of a shopping mall, despite the suspect’s poor health.&nbsp;</div> </div></div>

<p>Thai police on Wednesday banned “A Kingdom in Crisis,” written by embattled former Reuters journalist Andrew McGregor Marshall due to lèse majesté.</p>

<div> <div>Military and police officers on Tuesday interrupted a private meeting between a lawyer and her clients in northeastern Udon Thani Province, while they were discussing a case related to the environmental impact of a dam. The military also told the lawyer to ask for permission for every meeting with her clients.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Four military and three police officers interrupted the meeting at a hotel in central Udon Thani Province and forced the lawyer to write and sign a letter asking for permission to hold the meeting. </div></div>

<div> <div>Thai people gathered at the Hunger Games: Mockingjay premiere in London to protest against suppression by the junta after the Thai anti-coup protesters in Bangkok adopted the three-fingered salute from the movie to symbolize resistance.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Mockingjay is the last movie in the Hunger Games trilogy, based on the novel of the same title by Suzanne Collins. </div></div>

<div> <div>The military court has refused to grant bail to a 50-year-old woman from northern Lamphun Province, accused of possessing illegal weapons, despite the suspect’s poor health. The defence lawyer, meanwhile, has challenged the military court’s jurisdiction over the case.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Saowani Intalo, a 50-year-old restaurant owner, was arrested along with Phairat Singkham, 38 years old, during a 26 May raid by military and police forces on a longan farm in the northern province of Lamphun. </div></div>

<div> <div>The military on Sunday detained four people, including Prapart Pintobtang, a political scientist from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, who organized a walking rally against the junta’s policy to reclaim protected areas, which has heavily affected the poor.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>After they started the rally by walking about 50 metres from Suan Dok temple in central Chiang Mai, the military detained the four in a military prison vehicle. </div></div>

<div> <div> <div>At least eight activists based in the Northeast have reported to the military. </div></div></div>

<div>A countrywide network of young activists denounced the entire coup apparatus and announced that they will not join the junta’s reform. </div>

<div>Facebook on Wednesday revealed that it had restricted access to five pieces of content at the request of the Thai authorities on the grounds of lèse majesté between January and June 2014.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>“We restricted access in Thailand to a number of pieces of content reported by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology under local laws prohibiting criticism of the King,” said Facebook in its&nbsp;<a href="https://govtrequests.facebook.com/country/Thailand/2014-H1/">Government Requests Report</a>.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div>According to the re </div></div>

<div>The authority intimidated rights groups and NGOs during a conference on human rights and Constitution in Khon Kaen.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Military and police officers on Wednesday morning tried to monitor a discussion called ‘Human rights and the Constitution’ in the northeastern province of Khon Kaen in a bid to harass North East-based NGOs and activists, many of whom believed to be taking part in issuing a courageous statement, ‘No Reform Under Military Top Boots’, denouncing the military government on Sunday.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="colo</p> </span></div>

<div>Human rights groups and NGOs based in Thailand’s North East denounced the legitimacy of the coup makers and the authoritarian regime of the military government, arguing that reform cannot be carried out without public participation.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Many human rights groups and environmental activists based in the North East region, such as the Human Rights and Peace Information Centre and Isan human rights media groups on Sunday, denounced the legitimacy of the junta’s cabinet led by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, the appointed National Legislative Assembly (NLA) and Nationa </div>

<div> <p dir="ltr">Court sentences man posting lese majeste FB comments to five years in jail</p> <p dir="ltr">The Criminal Court on Tuesday morning sentenced <a href="http://freedom.ilaw.or.th/en/case/577#summary">Akaradej</a> (last name withheld due to privacy concerns) to five years in jail for his comments on a friend’s Facebook, but since the defendant pleaded guilty, the jail term was halved to two years and six months. &nbsp;</p> </div>