The police on Saturday 14th February arrested four activists for organizing a peaceful anti-coup activity and charged them with violating the junta's orders. The four are Sirawit Serithiwat, a student activist from Thammasat University, Pansak Srithep, a red-shirt activist and the father of a boy killed by the military during the 2010 political violence, Anon Numpa, a human rights lawyer from Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), and Wannakiet Chusuwan, a pro-democracy activist. Police at Pathumwan Police Station charged them with violating NCPO Order No. 7/2014 which prohibits a political public gathering of more than five people. People who violate this order face a jail term of up to one year and a fine of up to 20,000 baht or both. The case will be tried in a military court. At 2.50 on Sunday, the four anti-coup protesters were released on bail. Anon used his lawyer license as security. Pansak and Wannakiet put up 20,000 baht bail each. The three accepted the bail after hours of negotiation with police that their temporarily release must not be conditional on them stopping political activity and that the bails set earlier was too expensive. However, Sirawit had to put 40,000 baht bail because the police charged him on two counts of defying the coup makers. The other charge is from his past anti-coup activity. Sirawit was released on condition that he will 1) not leave the country, 2) stop political activity 3) stay at the residence that he indicated to the authorities. The four will have to report themselves to the police at Pathumwan Police Station on 16 March. The cases are being handled by the TLHR lawyers. The police at 10.20pm on Saturday, set the bail for Sirawit at 150,000 baht, while the bails for three others were set at 750,000. Since they were arrested after the anti-coup activity ended around 5.30 pm, about 20 anti-coup activists and student activists gathered in front of the police station. to give moral courage to the four. Prinya Thaewanarumitkul, Thammasat University's Assistanct Rector, Prajak Kongkirati, a lecturer of Thammasat's Faculty of Political Science and advisor of Sirawit, and Pongkwan Sawasdipakdi , also a lecturer of Thammasat's Faculty of Political Science, went to the police station to help negotiate with police and give moral courage. At 4 pm on Valentine's Day, a large crowd joined an event entitled "The election that was loved (stolen)" which called for an election and commemorated the latest election on 2 February 2014. The activity was organized by the Resistant Citizen group. Approximately 100 police officers maintained tight control at the event, held in front of the Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre (BACC), Siam Square. Natchacha Kongudom, an anti-coup student activist from Bangkok University told Prachatai "Nothing has changed since the coup, martial law is still imposed and of course the election is nowhere in sight. This implies that the military doesn't have any idea how to govern without martial law." "We haven't received any phone call from the military warning us not to organize the event this time, but I'm pretty sure that they are intercepting our mobile phones anyhow. There are often connection problems for me and other student activists, such as Sirawat. In fact, I have not paid my phone bill for three months, but it's still working" "Many people have shown up today which is a good sign. It proves that many are still calling for an election. However, it is still not enough. I want Thai students and the foreign and Thai media to do more in pressuring the junta, especially foreign governments who can use diplomatic channels to pressure the regime," Natchacha said. UPDATE 19th February: police summoned Anon Numpa for questioning over messages on his Facebook profile. UPDATE: 22 April 2015 Military court postpones deposition hearing of 4 embattled democracy activists The Military Court postponed the deposition hearing of four embattled democracy activists accused of violating the junta's ban on public gatherings because additional testimony on the case has not yet been collected. Bangkok's Military Court on Wednesday postponed the deposition examination of four democracy activists who were charged with defying the junta's National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Order No. 7/2014 by holding a political gathering of more than five people on 14 February. If found guilty, the four could be jailed for one year and fined up to 20,000 baht.The four activists are Sirawit Serithiwat, a student activist from Thammasat University, Pansak Srithep, a pro-democracy activist and the father of a boy killed by the military during the 2010 political violence, Anon Numpa, a human rights lawyer who volunteers for Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), and Wannakiet Chusuwan, a pro-democracy activist and taxi driver. The deposition hearing was rescheduled for 10:00 am on 14 May 2015. The military court said that the prosecutor requested postponement of the deposition hearing because four more persons need to testify in the case as the defendants demanded.Last month, Anon, one of the defendants who is also a lawyer, requested that additional testimony from four renowned anti-junta academics, Nidhi Eoseewong, Prapart Pintoptang, Chaiwat Satha-Anand, and Somchai Preechasilpakul, needed to be collected. Of the four defendants, Anon faces additional allegations of importing false information into a computer system which may damage national security under Article 14 (2) of the Computer Crime Act. The Computer Crime charges were initially filed by the Judge Advocate General himself. If found guilty, Anon faces up to 25 years in jail and a fine of up to 500,000 baht. UPDATE: 05/ 06/ 2015 4 embattled anti-coup activists released on bail The military court granted bail to four activists of the anti-coup Resistant Citizen group after they were charged with defying the junta's order. On Thursday, at 2 pm, the military prosecutor pressed charges against the four activists for defying the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) Order No. 7/2014, which prohibits an assembly of five people or more. After the military court approved the custody petition requested by the prosecutor, the four were sent to the Bangkok Remand Prison while the lawyer submitted a bail request. An hour later, the military court granted them bail after they placed 20,000 baht as security. The four activists are Sirawit Serithiwat, a student activist from Thammasat University, Pansak Srithep, a pro-democracy activist and the father of a boy killed by the military during the 2010 political violence, Anon Numpa, a human rights lawyer who volunteers for Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), and Wannakiet Chusuwan, a pro-democracy activist and taxi driver. On 14 February, Resistant Citizen held an event entitled "The election that was loved (stolen)" which called for an election and commemorated the latest election on 2 February 2014. The four were arrested after the event ended. Anon is also facing accusations under Article 14 (2) of the Computer Crime Act for his Facebook posts concerning the junta, while Pansak is facing 3 more charges for his leading role in a march on 17 March. They are: Defying NCPO Order No. 7/2014 Violating Article 14 of the Computer Crime Act Violating Section 116 of the Criminal Code (Sedition) According to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (THLR), the prosecutor has not finished drafting the case file against Pansak.