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Attitude adjusted? : Prasitchai, the leading opponent against the coal power plant and the field trip in “military prison”
    As he was confident in himself that he had well researched about the coal-fired power plant in all aspects, including pros and cons, Prasitchai Nu-nuan usually came out to oppose the construction of the coal power plant, especially in the South. Prasitchai became well-known for the...
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Repressive Constitution under the Referendum Act 2016
  In April 2016, the junta-appointed parliament passed the Referendum Act 2016 for the Constitutional Referendum on 7 August 2016. The draft constitution was written by a committee appointed by the NCPO without any public participation in the drafting process. The draft also installed many new...
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Attitude adjusted?: “It was more like to make me go crazy,”. Teenagers accused of being “hackers” and their seven-day experience in a military camp
  16 December 2016, the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) passed the amendment of Computer Crimes Act bill. There was a widespread opposition online. Numbers of internet users were upset by the decision. To express their disagreement, some activities were held to hit back many government...
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'Tom Dundee': As Long as We Still Have Each Other
By Manut Longhon   A woman rushed out of the wooden bench immediately after the courtroom door was opened. Prison officers in kaki uniform were guarding the alleged offender out of the room. He was a man in his late fifties, his big body with grayish hair high-undercut. He was wearing...
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Spread out news, create fear, more effective tool than legal measures
  Apart from exercising legal powers to arrest and prosecute political dissent, The NCPO’s government also used social or psychological measures to create climate of fear in the public. Whether or not the NCPO planned to create a climate of fear, freedom of expression in Thailand was affected...
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