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Get Sophon, a Thai political prisoner, asks, "When we try to speak out to demand fairness, they do not merely refuse to listen to us. They attempt to suppress and lock us up in the name of security. For whom is such security? At present, for whom do the government and state agencies work?"

Get Sophon Suratitthamrong, Letter from Prison: Democratic Consciousness in Thailand - positions politicsOn 24 June 1932, the People’s Party, a civilian-military coalition, fomented a transformation from absolute monarchy to a constitutional regime in Thailand. In the ninety-four years since then, there ...positionspolitics.org

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Looking forward to being in conversation about _Dictatorship on Trial: Coups and the Future of Justice in Thailand_, with Prof. Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang. 23 June 2026 4-5 pm, Bangkok time Register here: cityu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... ** Hosted by Public Law and Human Rights Forum at CUHK **

For friends in Berlin, I am looking forward to sharing my new book project with colleagues here next week, kindly invited by Humboldt University. The project traces the intertwined history of political imprisonment and political prisoner intellectual history in Thailand.

Thank you to Greg Raymond for his generous and thought-provoking review of _Dictatorship on Trial: Coups and the Future of Justice in Thailand_.

On the 16th anniversary of the crackdown, re-upping this from @jsealab.bsky.social _Faces of the Dead, Lives of the Murdered: The Martyrs of 10 April 2010_ (คนที่ตายมีใบหน้า คนที่ถูกฆ่ามีชีวิต: วีรชน 10 เมษา), by Korakot Phiengjai, published by the Heroes of Democracy Foundation. Download here: bit.ly/3V499dg

Next week, Bencharat Sae Chua will give a talk on "Activist Scholarship and Academic Freedom in Peril in Southeast Asia" at the @jsealab.bsky.social at UW-Madison!

Translating these letters from prison written by Arnon Nampa was challenging and difficult, and also joyful. There is a theory of struggle and transformation between and within the lines.

AOC for President!