Thai Army Coup

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  Twelfth Time's A Charm: Thai Army Chief Vows No More Coups

  They may have successfully seized power twelve times in the last eight decades but Thailand's army chief has said military coups are officially a thing of the past.

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  'Won't Release 14 Student Critics of Coup', Says Thai Army Chief

  Fourteen Thai students who were arrested after staging anti-coup rallies must face military court and will not be released beforehand, Thailand's army chief said today, despite growing calls for charges to be dropped.

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  Limit Use of Martial Law, Military Courts: Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha

  Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Tuesday called for a reduction in the use of martial law, which has been in place nationwide since he took power in a May coup, but made no mention of plans to scrap it.

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  Thai Junta Chief Says Has Not 'Damaged' Country, Rights Group Disagrees

  Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha vigorously defended his position as leader on Wednesday, more than six months after he seized power in a bloodless coup, as a U.S.-based rights group said the country had fallen into an "apparently bottomless pit".

• Rights Group Calls on Thai Junta to End Repression

  An international human rights group is calling on Thailand's ruling military to end what it says is a "disturbing pattern of repression" in the country.

• Thai Arrests Over Demands for Legal Action Against Former PM

  Thai police on Sunday arrested at least two people for distributing leaflets demanding renewed legal action against ex-premier Abhisit Vejjajiva and his then deputy for their roles in a 2010 protest crackdown.

• Thailand Vows 'Leniency' in Surrogacy Cases

  Thailand's junta has pledged leniency in the cases of babies born to surrogate mothers, as it looks to toughen rules in the lucrative but largely unregulated industry following a series of scandals.

• Thai Junta Leader Appointed PM by Hand-Picked Parliament

  Thailand's coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha was appointed prime minister on Thursday by a legislature he hand-picked, giving the army chief a veneer of legitimacy even while the military presses on with efforts to silence its critics.

• Thai Junta Leader Could be PM Under Interim Charter: Adviser

  The leader of Thailand's junta could become prime minister in a government to be set up under a newly drafted interim constitution, but that will be decided by an appointed provisional parliament, a junta legal adviser said on Wednesday.

• Thai Junta Leader to Meet King Over Interim Constitution

  Thailand's military leader, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, is due to meet the king on Tuesday to secure endorsement from the head of state for an interim constitution, the palace said.

• Thai Students Mobilise to Resist Junta Rule

  Huddled around a table at a university canteen, six Thai students draft a newsletter celebrating democracy -- a meeting that would have barely attracted a glance two months ago, but could now land them in jail.

• Thai Junta Says Peace in Restive South a National Priority

  Thailand's military government said on Monday peace in the Muslim-dominated south was an "urgent national priority" for the Buddhist-majority country following a decade of unrest blamed on separatists.

• Thai Army to Appoint National Assembly but Junta to Remain

  Thailand's army rulers will appoint a national assembly stacked with military officers to pick an interim government leader, officials said on Thursday, as they seek to retain their influence over the kingdom's political transition.

• Thai General Says 'No Advanced Planning' for Coup: Report

  A senior Thai general has rejected reports the army planned to rid the kingdom of the influence of controversial former premier Thaksin Shinawatra years before it seized power in May.

• Thai Junta Lifts Post-Coup Curfew

  Thailand's junta said on Friday that it was lifting a night-time curfew across the country, three weeks after seizing power in a military coup.