Earlier this week, Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published a second statement in response to our work, and as with the first one, I am providing a link to the full text here in order to engender an open debate on these important events. Below is a response. Response from Robert Amsterdam: I would respectfully disagree with the Foreign Ministry’s interpretation of Thailand’s obligations before international law. Firstly it is wrong to accuse the protesters of attempting to bring down a “legitimate government.” The current administration in power has arisen out of a military coup which overturned the popular democratic choice of the Thai people, followed by politicized constitutional court decisions that have destroyed public trust in the judiciary and damaged the legitimacy of the state. The suggestion that “rule of law” had to be imposed is an insult to the protesters, who have already suffered the indignity of double standards of a justice system that has never punished members of the PAD for occupying the government house and Suvarnabhumi airport. These Thai citizens are not risking their lives in demonstrations to “create havoc;” they are demanding that their votes count just like regular citizens.