In January the Chana Rakthin Group, a grassroots movement from Chana district in Songkhla province, returned to the capital to protest against the Chana Industrial Complex Project, a few weeks after about 30 of its members -- mostly women and the elderly -- were arrested during protests last December.
The demands of the villagers were loud and clear: "Stop the top-down policies that threaten locals' sources of livelihood. Respect our voices."
