Despite the risk of being sent to seven years in jail by the military court and harassments from the Thai junta, the 14 embattled anti junta activists, most of them university students, from the Neo Democracy Movement (NDM) still stand firm on their demand for democracy against the Thai military regime.

The 14 are:

1 Rangsiman Rome

2 Wason Setthasit

3 Songtham Kaewpanpruk

4 Phayu Boonsopon

5 Apiwat Soontararak

6 Rattapon Supsopon

7 Supachai Phuklongploy

8 Abhisit Suebnapa

9 Panupong Sritananuwat

10 Suwicha Pitangkorn

11 Pakorn Areekul

12 Jatupat Boonpattararaksa

13 Pornchai Yuanyee

14 Cholticha Jang-rew

The following is the timeline of the struggle for democracy of the fourteen activists.

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22 May 2015

Students gathered in two places in Thailand (Bangkok and Khon Kaen) to stage peaceful protests to commemorate the first anniversary of the coup when the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) took control of Thailand on 22 May 2014.

In Bangkok, anti-coup activists and students faced a crackdown by police (in uniform and plain-clothes) in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC), leaving at least 3 injured and hospitalized. The police detained 37 activists after the clash. Over 100 people then gathered in front of Pathumwan Police Station to give moral support to the detainees. 8 anti-coup activists were summoned to hear charges, but only one reported to the police and was released on bail.

Meanwhile, in Khon Kaen, 7 student activists from the student-led human rights and environmental group Dao Din also held a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the coup d’état. They too were detained by the police for their peaceful act at the Democracy Monument in Khon Kaen. The students were released on bail the next day.

19 June 2015

Dao Din students were arrested and detained for drawing paintings with anti-coup messages. 24 June 2015 Student activists showed up in Samyan District of Bangkok, near Pathumwan Police Station, to bring charges against police for using unnecessary force to crack down on activists' peaceful commemoration of the coup's first anniversary in front of the BACC. They were later joined by Dao Din students who arrived to show moral support. Together they read a manifesto of the Neo Democracy Movement and called on people to join the movement. The police refused to accept charges brought by the activists. After the crowd dispersed at night, one female activist was arrested on her way home, but then released after the officer talked to his supervisor.

25 June 2015

Officers and undercover police surrounded Suan Nguen Mee Ma, while activists read a statement showing resistance to the coup and military edicts. They said they would not resist officers if they are to be arrested. They also called for action in front of the Democracy Monument in Bangkok at 17:00.

26 June 2015