<p>25 new photos of the brutal crackdown on student activists at Thammasat University have emerged and have now been published on the internet, marking the 35th anniversary of the incident.</p>

<p>Prachatai's exclusive interview with Andrew MacGregor Marshall, a reporter who has resigned from Reuters to write about Thailand's politics (Thailand&rsquo;s Moment of Truth: a Secret History about 21st century of Siam), and is now based in Singapore.</p>

<p>On 30 Sept, during the last hearing of his case in the Criminal Court, <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/search/node/Amphon%20Tangnoppakul">Amphon Tangnoppakul</a> insisted that he had never sent messages offensive to the monarchy to former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva&rsquo;s personal secretary through his mobile phone as alleged.</p>

<p>On 27 Sept, a group of activists gathered in front of the US Embassy in Bangkok to call on the US government to protect the rights and freedoms of its citizen, Joe Gordon, who has been detained without bail for 4 months on charges of l&egrave;se majest&eacute;.</p>

<p>A group of artists in Chiang Mai has gone on hunger strike for 112 hours in a public bid to amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code, or the l&egrave;se majest&eacute; law.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Federico Ferrara is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Department of Asian and International Studies at the City University of Hong Kong. He is the author of &quot;Thailand Unhinged: The Death of Thai-Style Democracy&quot; (2011), described as a &quot;expose that offers a no-apologies, scathing critique of Thai society and politics in post-Thaksin Thailand.&quot; His research speaks to political transitions and democratic reform across Southeast Asia.</p>

<p>On 23 Sept, Amphon Tangnoppakul, 61, was brought to the Criminal Court for the first hearing of his case.&nbsp; He is charged with having sent messages offensive to the monarchy to former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva&rsquo;s personal secretary through his mobile phone in May last year.</p>

<p><strong>&ldquo;Prachatai gives voice to democracy.&rdquo;</strong></p> <p>Nine court days beginning on February 4th were spent hearing from minions of the forces of darkness assembled by the prosecution to testify against Prachatai webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn. Remarkably in the 21st century, perhaps even in Thailand, 11 bureaucrats and police spoke up against free speech.</p>

<p>On 14 Sept, Yongyuth Wichaidit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, told reporters that the previous government&rsquo;s policy to protect the monarchy was not considered a policy, as it was &lsquo;above&rsquo; policy, and to protect the institution was the soul and spirit inherent in the blood of all Thai people.</p>

<p>Leader of the red-shirt Red Sunday group Sombat Boon-ngam-anong has received a suspended jail term and a fine for violating the Emergency Decree last year.</p>

<p>Several days ago, the Ratsadornprasong Law Office (<a href="http://rli.in.th/">สำนักกฎหมายราษฎรประสงค์</a>) posted a <a href="http://rli.in.th/2011/09/11/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%81/">letter</a> written to the prime minister by detainees at Bangkok Special Prison. The letter, which is translated below, is dated 8 August 2011. Over a month later, the detainees are still in jail and are still awaiting justice.</p>

<p>On 12 Sept, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung told reporters at Government House that he had called a meeting with police officers who had finished doctoral degrees on government scholarships to get rid of websites with l&egrave;se majest&eacute; content.</p>