<p>3,000 people from Rayong province gathered in front of Government House on Sept 11 to petition the government to scrap the planned construction of a coal-fired power plant in their neighborhood.</p>

<p>10 September 2007: At Bangkok Remand Prison, Mr. Sombat Boon-ngam-anong told <em>Prachatai</em> that he would tender bail today and expected to be discharged from prison on the same day. He explained that since his detention did not have as wide an impact in society as he had expected, he decided to get out and launch campaigns to lift martial law.</p>

<p>On 4 September 2007 more than 300 Prince of Songkhla University (PSU) Pattani Campus students took part in a demonstration to condemn the shooting of Mr. Piyapong Petch-ngern, 4th year social development student, Faculty of Anthropology and Social Science of PSU Pattani Campus on 1 September 2007. </p>

<p><span>The recent killings of two public health workers at a village health office in Pattani&#39;s Yarang district and </span><span>of a student of Prince of Songkhla University&#39;s Pattani Campus while on his way back from Yala to Pattani, are alarming as it has been rare for such people to fall victim to the southern unrest. </span></p>

<p>One webmaster and other user names dropped out of the Thai internet community at about the same time a rumour began to spread on Aug 24 that some web-board members had been arrested. The Financial Times newspaper reported in its Sept 1-2 weekend edition that two Thais had been arrested for posting offensive comments about the monarchy.</p>

<p>An arrested member of internet discussion forums has been released on bail today, his family members told Prachatai.</p>

<p>The second person reported to have been arrested under the new Computer Crime Act has been found detained at Bangkok Remand Prison, the same place where a 36-year-old programmer was held.&nbsp;</p>

<p><span>I</span><span>n the following interview he explains his personal motivation for not seeking bail. The resolute decision to &quot;vacation&quot; in prison for one week had been made a week before the arrest warrant was issued. He asked Prachatai to help spread his ideas after his incarceration. </span></p>

<p>About 200 members of the United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) gathered to celebrate a Fermented Fish Party at the Royal Plaza, in front of Suan Amphorn on 30 August 2007. </p>

<p>The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is dismayed to hear that<br />Google, search engine and owner of video-sharing website YouTube, has cut a<br />censorship deal with the Thailand government.</p>

<p>Reporters Without Borders voiced concern today about the reported detention of a Thai blogger for the past 12 days under the new Computer Crime Act, which took effect on 18 July.</p>

<p>A reliable source has told Prachatai that at least one person being detained in Bangkok Remand Prison for crimes against the new Computer Crime Act which came into effect on July 18, 2007. The detainee is a 36 year-old computer programmer who posted comments on web-boards using a well-known alias.</p>