"Rangsiman Rome"

The top trending Twitter hashtag on Friday (June 19) was #saveRome (#saveโรม) after rumours began doing the rounds that Move Forward Party MP Rangsiman Rome may be the next person to mysteriously disappear like pro-democracy activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit did on June 4.

ATTEMPTS TO SNUFF DISSENT HAVE FUELLED NEW GENERATION OF DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS

FIFTEEN ACTIVISTS were granted bail yesterday shortly after the Criminal Court ordered their 12-day detention following charges stemming from their participation in Tuesday’s pro-election assembly.

DESPITE already facing legal charges, activists calling for an early election remain firm about their plans to hold a street rally next month, a leader said yesterday.

Despite already facing legal charges, activists calling for an early election remain firm with their plans to hold a street rally next month, a leader said on Friday.

WHILE THE government has claimed that human rights are a highlight of its national agenda, more than a hundred people have been charged in the past two months for exercising their right to freedom of expression by calling for an election to be held this year after almost four years of coup-installed rule.

A PRO-DEMOCRACY group has threatened to step up its demonstrations if the ruling junta fails to respond to its demands for the next election to be held this year.

WITH A series of demonstrations against the military-installed regime planned in the lead-up to the coup’s fourth anniversary in May, observers expect protesters to shake the junta to some degree but say it is unlikely they will topple it completely.

Khon Kaen police released activist Rangsiman Rome, who has participated in several activities to press for freedom of expression and elections, on Bt10,000 bail on Sunday.

FOUR WANTED pro-democracy activists yesterday demonstrated that they had no fear of the junta, as one of them stepped out of his house to be arrested and the others appeared at a public assembly under the eyes of hundreds of police officers.

FOUR DEFIANT activists are determined to show up at a pro-election assembly this afternoon despite already being sought on charges that could ultimately land them in jail for up to seven years.

Anti-junta activist Rangsiman Rome was brought to the Military Court on Monday morning and prosecuted for alleged violations of the referendum law and the junta ban on political gatherings.