<p>On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the student activist group Spring Movement and Amnesty International Thailand organized the &ldquo;Separation/(Silence)&rdquo; exhibition at the 14 October Memorial in memory of victims of enforced disappearances in Thailand.</p>

<p>While Prachatai English joins other public figures in demanding an end to violence against activists, and calling on the police to take more effective measures to halt the impunity, we are more concerned with an issue often underestimated: hate speech that justifies assaults against activists.</p>

<p>Thai&nbsp;authorities should urgently and impartially investigate assaults on three prominent pro-democracy activists since May 2019, <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/06/04/thailand-3-junta-critics-assaulted-past-month">Human Rights Watch</a> said last week. Thai police have yet to arrest any suspects for the violent attacks, raising serious concerns about possible government involvement.</p>

<div> <div>The junta is pressing sedition and traffic obstruction charges against 57 people who joined last weekend’s protest calling for general elections.</div> <div> </div> <div>On 30 March 2018, Col Burin Thongprapai, acting on behalf of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), filed charges against 57 participants in the protest at the Royal Thai Army, which called on the military to stop supporting the junta. </div></div>

<p>A provincial court has handed a six-month suspended jail term to a prominent anti-junta activist while putting six other activists on probation for one year.</p> <p>On 2 November 2017, the Khon Kaen Provincial Court read the verdict for seven pro-democracy youth activists indicted for contempt of court for organising activities on 10 February 2017 in symbolic support of Jatupat ‘Pai Dao Din’ Boonpattararaksa, They aimed to draw attention to issues in Thailand’s justice system.</p>

<p dir="ltr">A provincial court has granted bail to a prominent anti-junta activist accused of contempt of court after he denied the charge.</p> <p dir="ltr">On 31 May 2017, the Provincial Court of Khon Kaen held a hearing for seven youth activists accused of contempt of court &nbsp;for organising activities on 10 February 2017 in symbolic support of <a href="http://prachatai.org/english/category/jatuphat-boonpattararaksa">Pai Dao Din</a> that were designed to draw attention to issues in Thailand’s justice system.</p>