[1] He formerly wrote a regular column for The Nation, an English-language newspaper in Thailand, but was pressured to resign due to his political opinions following the 2014 coup d'état.
[3][4][5][6] Pravit has been detained for "attitude adjustment" twice by the ruling junta and as of 2017, has sedition charges against him for Facebook posts he made earlier that year.
Before answering the summons, Pravit told the Thai media, "I hope people will not give up the spirit and that General Prayut will be the last dictator of Thailand".
He reportedly told the commander that he did not bear any resentment towards him or his men, but on the contrary, explained he was an ardent supporter of democracy and freedom.
[15] Upon his release, he later explained, Pravit was forced to sign a conditional agreement in which he promised he would not aid, join, lead, or have any involvement with any anti-junta movement.
Pravit's first military detention was in May 2014, two days after the coup d'état, when the junta's National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) detained him at an army base in Ratchaburi Province for a week.
It was the second time Pravit was detained by the junta, which summoned large numbers of politicians and potential dissidents in the months after the coup, and resumed a crackdown on dissent.
Thailand's "Computer-Related Crime Act" enables authorities to restrict online speech, spy on users, and censor.
[20][failed verification][21][22][23] The CPJ sent a follow-up letter to the prime minister in September 2019 asking him to fully restore press freedoms and, in particular, to drop sedition charges against Pravit.