<p>Regarding Pitak Siam, Khun Nattawut Saikua opined that there is no clear signal that anti-democratic movements can function in a coordinated fashion. Consequently, it is unlikely they will upend the political field. But they cannot be underestimated.<br /></p>

<p><a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/category/thanthawut-thaweewarodomkul">Thanthawut Taweewarodomkul</a> (also known as “Num” and “Num Red Non”) is a 40-year-old father currently serving a 13-year sentence for alleged violations of Article 112 and the 2007 Computer Crimes Act. In September 2012, he withdrew his appeal petition as part of the process of applying for a pardon. Shortly thereafter, he wrote this letter to his lawyer, Anon Numpa, who then posted it on the website of the <a href="http://rli.in.th/">Ratsadornprasong Legal Institute</a>.</p>

<p>Originally published on the Facebook page of Poonsuk Poonsukcharoen, lawyer for Amphon (Ah Kong); Republished on Prachatai: <a href="http://prachatai.com/journal/2012/08/42182">สถิตย์ ไพเราะ ความเห็นต่อคดีอากง (ถอดความคำบรรยายเนติบัณฑิตยสภา)<br /> </a></p>

<p>An Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status</p>

<p>On 8 June 2012, one month after Ah Kong (Amphon Tangnoppakul) was found dead in prison custody, <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/search/node/thanthawut">Tanthawut Taweewarodomkul</a>, or &ldquo;Num,&rdquo; wrote an account of his life and death. Tanthawut, who, like Ah Kong, was serving a sentence following a conviction of alleged violations of the 2007 Computer Crimes Act and Article 112 of the Criminal Code, was imprisoned in the same zone of the Bangkok Remand Prison. Num took care of Ah Kong during the nearly two year period Ah Kong spent behind bars, until his death.</p>

<p>In the end, freedom is slower to arrive than death<br /> Justice can wait&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; can make way for a tranquil homeland<br /> They honeymooned on a day of love&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a truce&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> The war is not over yet&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; However many corpses, let it be!</p>

<p>On 23 November 2011, <a href="http://prachatai.com/journal/2011/11/37991">Ampon Tangnoppakul</a> was sentenced to 20 years, the longest known sentence to date under the Computer Crimes Act of 2007. His alleged crime? Allegedly sending four SMS messages with allegedly anti-monarchy content to the personal secretary of the former prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva. As Prachatai has reported, the sentence was delivered via videolink as flooding made it unfeasible for Ampon to be brought to the Criminal Court to hear the sentence.</p>

<p>In a recent interview on <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/12/spanish_judge_baltasar_garzn_on_bin">Democracy Now</a> on 12 May 2011, Judge Baltasar Garz&oacute;n talked with Amy Goodman about atrocity, terror, and the universal need for justice.</p>

<p class="rteleft">Thongbai Thongpao, noted lawyer and former political prisoner, died on 24 January 2011 at the age of 84. Although I did not ever meet Thongbai, I had been moved by his writing of his incarceration as a political prisoner from 1961 until 1966 in Communists of Lad Yao (<em>คอมมิวนิสต์ลาดยาว</em>), which I read as part of preparation for my Ph.D. comprehensive exams.&nbsp; <em>Communists of Lad Yao</em> was first published in 1974, eight years after his release from prison and during the time of open politics between 14 October 1973 and 6 October 1976.</p>