<p>About 500 yellow shirts read a statement, raised the Thai flag, and sang the national anthem at the <a href="http://www.ancientcity.com/">Ancient City</a>&rsquo;s miniature Preah Vihear in Samut Prakarn.</p>

<p>A Southeast Asian network of fisherfolk and non-government organizations is spearheading a series of forums with regional government bodies to push for changes in current measures to address climate change in the region.</p>

<p>A Philippine legislator, one of the sons of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, has called for a tighter regulation over thecontent of the social networking site Facebook.</p>

<p>On 3 September 2009, it was reported that a Burmese detainee at KLIA Immigration Detention Centre died on 29 August 2009 due to an unknown illness and six other detainees with similar symptoms were hospitalised at Putrajaya General Hospital[1]. On 25 September 2009, it was reported that six Burmese detainees have died at an undisclosed detention centre allegedly due to Leptospirosis[2]. Leptospirosis is an infectious disease that occurs due to water or food contaminated by animal urine.</p>

<p class="rteleft">On 24 Sept, Prawase Praphanukul, lawyer for Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul, together with a group of activists, submitted letters to the embassies of the US and Australia, and the offices of the EU and the UN in Bangkok, asking those countries and organizations to call on Thailand to stop the imprisonment of political prisoners.</p>

<p>(23 September 2009, Geneva/Bangkok) The United Nations Human Rights Council (Council) concluded its general debate yesterday, under &ldquo;agenda item 4: human rights situations that require the Council&rsquo;s attention&rdquo;. This crucial agenda item is to provide the Council with the opportunity to bring to attention country-specific human rights situations. Regrettably, however, this was not the case at the 12th regular session of the Council with only 14 member and observer States addressing the Council on Burma.</p>

<p>In a <a href="http://www.thaipost.net/tabloid/200909/10997">Thai Post</a> interview published on 20 Sept, Kasian Techaphira of Thammasat University&rsquo;s Political Science Faculty talks about the drastic changes in Thai politics over the last few years since the coup on 19 Sept 2006. &nbsp;With the unprecedented phenomenon of two large mass movements rallying on the streets, he argues that these people need to be brought into formal politics as mass political parties, but this is not allowed under the existing political system; so a new political reform is needed to accommodate them. &nbsp;However, the elite, frightened of mass movements and of the red shirts in particular, are not ready for reform, he says.</p>

<p>Dear Princess Bajrakitiyabha</p> <p>The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) listened with close attention to your speech on 14 September 2009 to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, and is aware of your work for the rights of women prisoners in Thailand through the Kamlangjai Project, as well as with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and your role as a UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador.</p>

<p>(Mae Sot - Thailand) -&nbsp;The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) can confirm that so far 43 political prisoners have been released from various prisons in Burma.</p>

<p>On 16 Sept,&nbsp;The Asia Foundation released&nbsp;findings from its first national survey of the Thai electorate. The survey, Constitutional Reform and&nbsp;Democracy in Thailand: A National Survey of the Thai Electorate, was conducted through face-to-face&nbsp;interviews with a random, representative sample of 1,500 voters from all regions of the country (except&nbsp;the three southern border provinces) between June 13 and July 5, 2009.</p>

<p>The government will encourage the Thai people in all provinces to come out to sing the National Anthem at 6 pm every day until 5 Dec to promote unity and patriotism. The events will be broadcast live from each province, starting with Krabi.</p>

<p>On 16 Sept. 2009, the State Enterprise Workers Relations Confederation (SERC), the Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF) and the Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC) will petition the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants calling for an urgent inquiry into the commencement of a nationality verification process for Burmese migrants in Thailand. Subsequently, a set of recommendations will be submitted to the Royal Thai Government.</p>