US report slams Junta for detaining political prisoners

The annual report said the National Council for Peace and Order routinely detained people who expressed political views. 
As of March, the Department of Corrections reported there were 103 persons detained or imprisoned in the country under the lese majeste laws that outlaw criticism of the monarchy. 
Human rights groups claimed the prosecutions and convictions of several lese majeste offenders were politically motivated.
Police arrested student activist Jatupat Boonpattararaksa in December for “liking” and sharing on Facebook a link to a Thai-language BBC article deemed insulting the monarchy. 
On December 22, a court revoked Jatupat’s bail and rearrested him on charges that he continued to use social media to taunt officials, according to the Thailand 2016 Human Rights Report published on the Bangkok-based US Embassy’s Facebook.