<p>Prom Jarana, a land rights activist and member of the Assembly of the Poor, who was detained by the military on Thursday mornng has been released, according to the Assembly of the Poor. </p>
<p>The Assembly reported on its Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=588260557958106&id=220615904722575">page</a> at 10.30pm that the 65-year-old activist safely arrived his house around 8pm of Thursday. </p>
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<div>About five military officers at 10.30 am on Thursday detained a land rights activist and active member of the Assembly of the Poor at his home in the Buriram Province, after a week of tension between the military and villagers over a land issue, according to the Assembly of the Poor.</div>
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<div>Prom Jarana, 65-year-old land rights activist and active member of the Assembly of the Poor, a grassroots network which works to promote land rights, was taken from his home in Pakham District, northeastern Buriram Province by five military officers.
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<p><a href="http://en.khaosod.co.th/detail.php?newsid=1405599501&typecate=06&section=">Khaosod English</a>: Thailand’s military regime has suspended local elections and announced plans to replace elected officials with bureaucrats in a move that further centralises its power over the country's provinces.</p>
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<div>The Criminal Court will start hearing two lese majeste cases this Wednesday and in mid August, according to <a href="http://freedom.ilaw.or.th/en">iLaw</a>, an Internet-based human rights advocacy group. </div>
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<div>In the first case, a man in his twenties, was arrested and charged with lese majeste and offences under the Computer Crime Act.
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<div>Thai authorities have released the woman protester who held “Long Live USA Day” placard on 4 July at the US Embassy after detaining her for five days. </div>
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<div>On the US Independence Day on 4 July, Chaowanat Musikabhumi, aka “Nong,”, 52, gathered with other protesters at the Embassy to show support for the US. During the gathering, she was detained twice by plain-clothes officers, but was then released. On 6 July, about ten military and police officers later arrested her at her house in eastern Bangkok.
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<p>The junta reportedly instructed the Thai Foreign Ministry to revoke the Thai passport of Pavin Chachavalpongpun, an anti-coup well-known Thai scholar, who is now teaching at Kyoto University, Japan. </p>
<p>The cancellation of Pavin's passport is due to his failure to report himself to the junta's 's National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) after he was ordered to summon twice. The authorities later issued an arrest warrant against him on 13 June. </p>
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<div>The BBC will re-open its Thai-language service for three months to provide alternative news after local media have been censored by the junta, according to <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/10955996/BBC-takes-on-Thailand-dictatorship-with-a-pop-up-Thai-service.html">the Telegraph</a>. </div>
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<div>The Telegraph reported on Wednesday that the operation will start this Thursday and will available only on a digital platform.</div>
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<div>“The BBC Thai initiative is a three-month experiment in how to respon
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<div>The police have charged Thanat Thanawatcharanon, aka Tom Dundee, a country singer-turned-red-shirt activist, with lèse majesté and offences under the Computer Crime Act. </div>
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<div>About 20 military and police officers, led by the Technology Crime Suppression Division, arrested Tom at his house in Phetchaburi Province on Wednesday. </div>
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<div>Tom’s wife told Prachatai that he was charged over his speeches at two red-shirt rallies, held by Kotee Red Guard, in November 2013.
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<div>Thanapol Eawsakul, editor of the Same Sky academic journal, was released from detention at around 3.50 pm on Wednesday after he was arrested and detained -- for the second time --- on Saturday evening. </div>
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<div>He was forced to sign, again, an agreement stating that he will stop all political activities and stop expressing opinions on politics. </div>
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