<div>On International Women’s Day, police officers pressed charges against seven female villagers for opposing a local gold mine. </div>
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<div>On 8 March 2016, officers from Wang Saphung Police Station <a href="http://prachatai.com/journal/2017/03/70476">pressed charges against seven villagers</a> for protesting against a local gold mine. The seven were accused of threatening officials and violating NCPO Head Order 3/2015, the junta’s ban on public gatherings of five people or more.
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<div>A court has dismissed defamation charges filed by a gold mining company against local activists, ruling that the defendants deserve the right to reveal useful information to the public. </div>
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<div>On 9 November 2016, the Bangkok Criminal Court dismissed the lawsuit filed by Akara Resources Public Company Ltd against Somlak Hutanuwat and Thanyarat Si
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<div>Villagers from northeastern Loei Province have urged the military junta to allow villagers' participation in solving a conflict with a mine operator after the military junta intervened and tried to solve the issue without local participation.</div>
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<div>The villagers in six villages in the province have been protesting against mining firms that set up operations to extract resources from the area for the past few years.
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