<p>The recent news of the Red shirt&rsquo;s victory brought me to uncontrollable tears; a feeling that is hard to explain and which was both joyous and sorrowful, but at the same time infused with timid hope. 

I cried my tears in the hope that from today, a new era of justice and respect will arise and that all those victims who believed in a better country and contributed to the change with the ultimate sacrifice will now receive the respect and truth that they truly deserve.</p>

<p>On July 1, students, activists and press gathered outside the Malaysian Embassy, Bangkok, in response to the Malaysian Government&rsquo;s arrest of more than a hundred members of the coalition network Bersih 2.0 consisting of various Malaysian human rights organizations campaigning for reforms in the electoral system. </p>

<p>Workers and activists in Indonesia and Bangladesh have held protests at Thai Embassies, demanding the release of Somyos Prueksakasemsuk.&nbsp; More protests will be held in Hong Kong and Australia this week.</p>

<p>Frank G Anderson has sent the following message to the US Embassy in Bangkok today to reiterate concern over probably foreign interference in US-based constitutional freedoms as well as to obtain the State Department's reply to the specific concerns cited. </p>

<p>On the 27th of June, <em>Prachatai </em>in cooperation with the <em>Deep South Watch Organization</em>, the <em>Deep South Photojournalism Network</em> and the <em>Deep South Civil Societies Network</em> launched a public forum and photo exhibition regarding the ongoing conflict in the Deep South at the <em>Foreign Correspondent&rsquo;s Club Thailand</em>.</p>

<p>On 27 June, Army spokesperson Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd held a press conference at the Royal Thai Army Headquarters in response to media reports concerning an <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/node/2615">article</a> written by an army officer about the crackdown on the red shirts in April and May last year.</p>

<p>The current l&egrave;se majest&eacute; law, which was amended and became Article 112 of the Criminal Code in 1976 after the 6 Oct incident, carries a more severe penalty than during the Absolute Monarchy, law lecturer Somchai Preechasilpakul told a seminar at Chiang Mai University on 24 June.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1308932303">Matichon online</a> has a report about an article written by a military officer who took part in the operation to suppress red-shirt demonstrators in April and May last year.&nbsp; The article appears in the Army Training Command&rsquo;s Senathipat Journal, Vol 59, Issue 3, September&ndash;December 2010, as part of the army&rsquo;s guidelines and case studies on military operations to solve urban unrest. </p>

<p>At least eight Malaysian opposition activists were arrested yesterday in the run-up to a nation-wide rally in July 9.</p>

<p>Comments have been posted on web boards that on the ballot paper for the party list, the symbol for Pheu Thai Party (PTP) appears unusually small.&nbsp; The parry symbol is also different from the one on the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) website.</p>

<p>Netizens have released an official letter from the Recruiting Office of a certain province, signed by an officer with the rank of colonel, sent to the Provincial Election Commission asking for a list of canvassers and supporters of political parties in the province&rsquo;s constituencies, saying the chain of command will use the information if there are problems in the area, emphasizing &ldquo;[we] will conceal the aforementioned information as secret so that it will cause no problem to your office in any way&rdquo;.</p>

<p>On 21 June, a group of yellow shirts petitioned the National Police Chief to prosecute about 300 writers who had signed on a <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/node/2589">campaign</a> to amend the l&egrave;se majest&eacute; law.</p>