Thailand jails activists for campaigning to reject constitution in referendum

Thirteen people arrested while handing out leaflets urging people to vote no in referendum on draft constitution A Thai court jailed seven activists on Friday for campaigning against a military-backed draft constitution which will be put to a referendum in August. Authorities arrested 13 people on Thursday while they were handing out leaflets urging people to vote against the charter. Six were released on bail, a lawyer for the group said, while the rest chose not to post bail.