<p>On 1 May, Somyos Prueksakasemsuk was remanded at the Crime Suppression Division.&nbsp; He was visited by red shirts and former Triumph workers.</p>

<p>30 April 2011: Mr. Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, Founding Editor of &ldquo;Voice of Taksin&rdquo;, a magazine affiliated with the Red Shirts Movement, was arrested by the police at the Immigration checkpoint of the Thailand-Cambodia town today apparently on a charge related to l&egrave;se majest&eacute; or defamation of the monarch. His attorney dubbed this arrest a political ploy to suppress the opposition voices when the general elections are forthcoming. </p>

<p>Members of Amnesty International in Thailand and Malaysia, together with academics, activists and students have sent an open letter to the AI Secretary-General regarding the interference on AI Malaysia.</p>

<p>On 25 April, the Democracy Network made a public call for the abolition of Article 112 of the Criminal Code and an end to restricting the people&rsquo;s freedom of expression.&nbsp; The call was made at the office of Red Power magazine at the red-shirt headquarters, Imperial Lad Phrao, in Bangkok.</p>

<p>On 26 April, Thai army spokesperson Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd spoke on a Channel 3 news programme about military clashes on the Thai-Cambodian border in Surin, saying that the Thai army was not on the defensive, and it hit back harder every time Cambodian troops fired at Thai soldiers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

<p>On 27 April, the Military Court arranged the dates for the trial of a squadron leader who has been charged with l&egrave;se majest&eacute;.&nbsp; The trial will start on 14 July, and will be held in secret, allowing only the defendant and his lawyers to attend.&nbsp; </p>

<p>On 27 April, Fah Diew Kan editor Thanapol Eawsakul was summoned by the Crime Suppression Division as a witness to possible l&egrave;se majest&eacute; cases against over 50 people who posted messages on the magazine&rsquo;s webboard about a couple of years ago. </p>

<p>Amnesty International has responded to its members' query regarding the cancellation of Robert Amsterdam's talk in Malaysia a few days ago.&nbsp; Thai Political Prisoners has interesting posts on this issue (<a href="http://thaipoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/ai-restricts-free-speech/">here</a> and<a href="http://thaipoliticalprisoners.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/ais-jaundiced-claims-of-political-neutrality/"> here</a>).</p>

<p>On 26 April, 13 red-shirt community radio stations in Bangkok and surrounding areas were raided and searched by the authorities.</p>

<p>On 24 April, Maj Gen Kasem Thanaporn, Commander of the Naresuan Taskforce, visited the 4th Infantry Regiment Taskforce Command in Mae Sot district of Tak province and spoke to about 500 troops including soldiers, rangers and border patrol police.</p>

<p>Red Shirt lawyer held a one-person dialogue in Kuala Lumpur after cancellation of an event to be hosted by Amnesty International Malaysia after advice from the Amnesty International Secretariat.</p>

<p>As scholars of Thai Studies located outside the country, we have watched with deepening apprehension as the space for the free exchange of ideas has dwindled in Thailand since the 19 September 2006 coup. This constriction of thought and speech has intensified since the violence of April-May 2010, with the notable examples of the detention of Dr. Suthachai Yimprasert, assistant professor of history at Chulalongkorn University, by the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation in April 2010, the charges filed against Mr.</p>