<p>After 7 years, the public prosecutor has decided to indict activists from the New Democracy Movement (NDM) and the Dao Din group on charges of sedition for an anti-junta protest in front of Pathumwan Police Station on 24 June 2015.</p>

<p>The Civil Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by pro-democracy activists against the junta.</p> <p>On 30 October 2017, the Civil Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by 13 pro-democracy activists against the military government, according to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.matichon.co.th/news/714554">Matichon Online.</a></p> <p>Most of the 13 are youth activists from the New Democracy Movement and Democracy Restoration Group.</p>

<p>The Civil Court has commenced a trial initiated by democracy activists against the junta leader, the Army and the Royal Thai Police (RTP). The activists accuse authorities of violating their rights during a crackdown on a gathering to commemorate the 2014 coup d’état.</p> <p>On 18 July 2017, the Civil Court&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=4691">held the first plaintiff witness hearing</a> in a case filed by 13 youth activists, most of whom are former members of the New Democracy Movement.</p>

<p>A democracy activist accused of defying the junta’s ban on political gatherings&nbsp;and the controversial referendum act has vowed to fight the case in a military court while the military prosecutor wants his right to vote to be suspended for a decade.</p> <p>The Military Court of Bangkok on 24 May 2017&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=4320">held a deposition hearing&nbsp;</a>in the case of Rakchat Wongathichat, a member of the New Democracy Movement (NDM).</p>

<p dir="ltr">A provincial court has once again refused to release Pai Dao Din, making it impossible for the activist to attend a human rights award ceremony in South Korea.</p> <p dir="ltr">On 8 May 2017, the Provincial Court of Khon Kaen denied a bail request with 700,000 baht surety for Jatuphat ‘Pai’ Boonpattararaksa, a law student and key member of the New Democracy Movement (NDM).</p>

<p>Political activists have urged the police to release Jatuphat ‘Pai Dao Din’ Boonpattararaksa, saying the court decision to repeatedly reject his bail requests is ‘unconstitutional’. &nbsp;</p> <p>On 5 May 2017, Chalita Bundhuwong, a Kasetsart University lecturer, and Nuttaa Mahattana, an independent political activist, submitted a letter to Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, Chief of the Royal Thai Police, at the National Police Office in Bangkok.</p>

<p>The posterchild of the democracy movement in Thailand, detained for lèse majesté, has won the prestigious Gwangju Prize for Human Rights.</p> <p>The selection committee of the South Korean May 18 Memorial Foundation announced that Jatuphat ‘Pai’ Boonpattararaksa, a law student and key member of the New Democracy Movement (NDM), is the winner of the 2017 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Appeal Court has once again refused to release an activist detained for sharing BBC Thai’s most popular story, which is now censored in Thailand.</p> <p>On 5 April 2017, Appeal Court Region 4&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=3897">confirmed the ruling of the Court of First Instance not to release</a>&nbsp;Jatuphat ‘Pai’ Boonpattararaksa, a law student and key member of the New Democracy Movement (NDM).</p> <p>The ruling was read after Jatuphat’s lawyer submitted a request to appeal the earlier second ruling not to release the activist.</p>

<p>A provincial court has once again refused to release Jatuphat ‘Pai’ Boonpattararaksa, telling his defence lawyer to stop saying that his client’s rights are being violated.</p> <p>On 21 March 2017, the Provincial Court of Khon Kaen held the preliminary hearing on the case of Jatuphat, a law student and key member of the New Democracy Movement (NDM).</p>

<p>While the government was humiliated at the UN’s ICCPR meeting in Geneva for serious human right violations, at home a Thai court has again refused to release a student activist who has become a posterchild of the pro-democracy movement. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>On 13 March 2017, the Provincial Court of Khon Kaen&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=3718">rejected a 700,000 baht</a>&nbsp;bail bid by Jatuphat ‘Pai’ Boonpattararaksa, a law student and key member of the New Democracy Movement (NDM).</p>

<p>The Appeal Court has refused to release an anti-junta student activist accused of lèse majesté.</p> <p>On 1 March 2017, the Appeal Court Region 4&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=3582">confirmed the ruling of the Court of First Instance&nbsp;</a>not to release Jatuphat ‘Pai’ Boonpattararaksa, a law student and key member of the New Democracy Movement (NDM).</p>

<p dir="ltr">A provincial court has once again refused to release an anti-junta student activist accused of lèse majesté, even though several renowned Thai academics have volunteered to act as guarantors for his release.</p> <p dir="ltr">At 11:20 am on 22 February 2017, the Provincial Court of Khon Kaen denied bail valued at 700,000 baht for Jatuphat ‘Pai’ Boonpattararaksa, a law student and key member of the New Democracy Movement (NDM).</p>