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Under the NCPO regime, the restrictions on freedom of expression were instituted through 'legal' procedures, in the aim of legitimising the military government. These 'laws' include new laws and special announcements and orders issued under the NCPO government. Furthermore, charges...
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...
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...
On the morning of 10 July 2016, activists Pakorn ‘Man’ Areekul, Anucha ‘Champ’ Rungmorakot, and Anan ‘Boy’ Loked, travelled to the Ban Pong police station in Ratchaburi province to support 18 Red Shirts who had been summoned by the police for opening a referendum fraud monitoring centre....
There has been, on average, approximately over 100 political prisoners at each time during the NCPO regime. This shocking statistic is a direct result of the NCPO’s and the judiciary’s curtailment of freedom of expression liberties to suppress dissent against the ruling military establishment. For...
