Despite restrictions, Rajabhat Uni students in Isaan find ways to have their voices heard (9) 

By Duantip Khanrit

The most visible youth protests in the Northeast have been associated with leading universities like Dao Din in Khon Kaen and the Torch group in Ubon Ratchathani. Students from the more numerous Rajabhat Universities have largely been absent. 

Charges against Rajabhat University students in Udon Thani and refusal of university administrators to allow students to use the campus to protest tamped down any involvement of that university in the city’s protests. Rajabhat University students in Ubon Ratchathani have similarly  been denied any space to exercise their rights.

But some Rajabhat University students in the region have been organizing and involved in the current protests. 

In one, some Roi Et Rajabhat University students have forged a group on campus despite discomfort of the university’s administrators. In others, like Sisaket Rajabhat University, a…