<sod>Thailand's ruling military junta has banned a prominent journalist, Pravit Rojanaphruk, from leaving the country to attend [[UNESCO]]'s 2016 [[World Press Freedom Day]] conference in Finland in May. Pravit requires government permission to travel abroad following previous run-ins with the junta. An NCPO spokesperson told the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] that Pravit "keeps violating the orders of the NCPO in many ways, so his travel is not approved". Pravit, a frequent critic of the junta, has been detained twice in recent years by the NCPO for "attitude adjustment". The first detention lasted one week. His most recent detention, in September 2015, occurred after he tweeted, "Freedom can't be maintained if we're not willing to defend it." He was held without charges for three days, reportedly in near-isolation. Pravit said his detention ended with a six-hour-long interrogation during which he was encouraged to sign an agreement stating that he would not travel abroad without the government's permission, among other stipulations. Upon his release, Pravit resigned from his position at the English-language newspaper, ''The Nation''. He now writes for ''Khaosod English''.<eod>
<sod>Thailand's ruling military junta has banned a prominent journalist, Pravit Rojanaphruk, from leaving the country to attend [[UNESCO]]'s 2016 [[World Press Freedom Day]] conference in Finland in May. Pravit requires government permission to travel abroad following previous run-ins with the junta. An NCPO spokesperson told the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] that Pravit "keeps violating the orders of the NCPO in many ways, so his travel is not approved". Pravit, a frequent critic of the junta, has been detained twice in recent years by the NCPO for "attitude adjustment". The first detention lasted one week. His most recent detention, in September 2015, occurred after he tweeted, "Freedom can't be maintained if we're not willing to defend it." He was held without charges for three days, reportedly in near-isolation. Pravit said his detention ended with a six-hour-long interrogation during which he was encouraged to sign an agreement stating that he would not travel abroad without the government's permission, among other stipulations. Upon his release, Pravit resigned from his position at the English-language newspaper, ''The Nation''. He now writes for ''Khaosod English''.<ref name="IPI-20160331" /><eod>