“Army ends Songkhla-Bangkok energy-reform march, detains activists”, 20 August 2014

A 1,400km march for energy reform ended almost before it began when military authorities, citing martial law, halted the trek and detained its 12 core organisers…The marchers…are members of an energy-reform network of civic groups based in the South, Central Plains and Northeast...The group’s main demand is the removal of new coal-fired power plants from the country’s energy strategy, both for public health and environmental conservation reasons. Other demands include a shift from the current energy concession system to a production sharing system; establishment of a national company to ensure the public receives “fair prices for petroleum products [etc.]...