Politics

BANGKOK — Pro-democracy activists in Thailand have accused soldiers of intimidating the family of Chonticha Chaengrew, one of fourteen anti-coup dissidents in jail for leading a peaceful demonstration against the military government.

BANGKOK — Supporters of the 14 activists jailed for demonstrating against the military junta have vowed to gather every night until the group is released.

BANGKOK — Thailand's military leader said he is personally troubled by the arrests and imprisonment of fourteen pro-democracy activists, but insisted that the investigation must go on.

BANGKOK – Thailand's military junta has brushed off calls from the United Nations and European Union to release 14 pro-democracy activists who have been imprisoned for staging a peaceful demonstration against the regime.

LOEI — Dozens of people gathered in northeastern Thailand this morning for an unexpected rally denouncing the student activists who were arrested in Bangkok last Friday for "inciting unrest" with a peaceful pro-democracy demonstration.

BANGKOK — A satellite television station operated by the Redshirt movement is suing Thailand's state media regulator for 15 million baht in damages for "illegally" shutting down its channel two months ago.

CHIANG MAI – Three people have reportedly been arrested for their suspected connection to a brief pro-democracy demonstration in front of the United States Consulate in northern Thailand today.

BANGKOK — A Redshirt leader in northern Thailand says there will be no protests during junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha’s visit to Chiang Mai - a major stronghold of the largely anti-coup Redshirt movement.

BANGKOK — Lawyers representing the fourteen activists who have been sent to prison for organizing a pro-democracy march in Bangkok have accused police of trampling on their clients' legal rights.

BANGKOK — Soldiers reportedly ordered a university in Bangkok to cancel a panel discussion on the new constitution, which will be put to national referendum next January.