Two protesters were injured on Monday (6 July) during a protest near the Chinese Consulate in Chiang Mai after police officers blocked them from approaching the Consulate to file a petition calling on China to control Chinese mines in Myanmar that has led to contamination in the Kok River.

After Thailand signed a controversial rare earths Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the US, a network of civil society organizations has demanded that the MOU be repealed, raising concerns that it would violate Thailand’s mineral and mining laws and have a destructive impact on the environment.