<p>Student Union of Thailand (SUT) president Jutatip Sirikhan has been arrested while on the way to university earlier today (1 September) for her participation in the 18 July mass protest.</p>

<p>15 activists who received a police summons for their participation in the 18 July mass protest at the Democracy Monument went to Samranrat Police Station on 28 August to hear their charges, after they had participated in a <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8755">demonstration at the 14 October Memorial</a> on Ratchadamnoen Avenue the previous night.</p>

<p>63 people are facing charges under the Emergency Decree for participating in anti-government demonstrations, despite the authorities&rsquo; claim that the Decree is being extended in order to control the spread of Covid-19, says <a href="https://www.tlhr2014.com/?p=20836">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights</a> (TLHR).</p>

<p>Student activist Panupong &ldquo;Mike&rdquo; Jadnok was arrested for the second time yesterday (25 August), for participating in the demonstration at Thammasat University&rsquo;s Rangsit campus on 10 August. Human rights lawyer Anon Nampa was also arrested earlier today (26 August) on the same charge.</p>

<p>Second arrest of student activist Panupong &quot;Mike&quot; Jadnok &quot;reveals&nbsp;the Thai authority&rsquo;s attempts to suppress the exercise of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly,&quot; says Amnesty International.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In a collaboration with New Naratif, Prachatai speaks to&nbsp;Tattep &lsquo;Ford&rsquo; Ruangprapaikitseree, secretary general for the Free People Movement and Nuttaa Mahattana, an activist from the We Vote Movement, about what led to these protests and the implications of a renewed youth movement.</p>

<p>Prachatai spoke to a number of participants in the demonstration, including a group of student observers from Chulalongkorn University, a family with a young child, a man campaigning for a more open beer production law, Spokedark TV&rsquo;s Winyu Wongsurawat, and art critic Thanom Chapakdee, about their goals in joining the protest at the Democracy Monument on 16 August.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Human rights lawyer Anon Nampa was arrested again last night (19 August) because of his participation in the <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8696">Harry Potter-themed protest</a> on 3 August.</p>

<p>Students at Chulalongkorn University staged an anti-government protest on Friday (14 August) despite resistance from the university and heavy rain which forced them to find a new location. &nbsp;</p>