<font size="1">Please read below an update from Thailand.<br><br><br></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="#ff0000" size="1"><b>A: Brief update:<br><br></b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="1">- Most of the community radio stations in Thailand are only running on songs. Most of their regular programmes have been put on hold. Many due to the coup's statement and order.
<br><br>- The Coup has issued over 23 statements and 16 orders - so far.<br> <br>- A couple of Thai newspapers reported that Suphachai Phanichahak, a former director of the WTO [Doha 2002 - Cancun 2004] from Thailand is accepted to be named as the 24th Prime Minister.
<br><br></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" color="#ff0000" size="1"><b>B: A number of activities from various groups are planned, almost every day from now on;<br></b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="1"> <br>- Today [26 Sept.] at 10 AM, the Thai Social Forum (TSF) Organizing Committee will have a press conference on the position of the TSF on the Coup and declare our determination to continue the TSF on October 21-23, 2006.
<br><br>- 27 Sept., 4 PM, at the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Chulalongkorn University Students for Liberty Group is organizing a seminar on "Why we protest against the Coup".<span></span>
<br><br>- 28-29 Sept., Chiengmai Stadium, Northern NGOs network on natural resources are organizing an event "Toward small scale water irrigation: What is the Coup's position? Expecting participation of over 500 farmers.
<br><br>- 29 Sept., 8.30 Am - 12 AM, at Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thai Labour Campaign is having a book launch on entitled 'Race to the Bottom: Exploitation in the global garment industry'. <br><br>- 30 Sept., 11 AM, Thammasart University Hall, an academic seminar on '30 years of Tongpan: People, Dams, Water and Land under Globalisation'. Tongpan, a well-known underground film in Thailand, was produced as a critique of the Government's development policy and to expose the disparity in development after the 1976 crackdown on the people's movement. (The film is about the frustrations of Tongpan, a poor farmer.)
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