A group of activists and protesters rang in the New Year at a gathering in front of the Bangkok Remand Prison in support of political prisoners remaining in detention and to demand their release.

Political prisoners held at the Bangkok Remand Prison and their friends and family have said that they are having a hard time staying connected after the prison shop suspended the sale of pens and the prison imposed a new regulation on detainees’ letters.

A 26-year-old has been detained in prison since their arrest on 20 October on a royal defamation charge over messages on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter). The court has not yet granted bail.

Following reports that several protesters in prison have been harassed by other inmates and that others have not received proper medical care, a group of activists staged a protest in front of the Bangkok Remand Prison to demand that the Department of Corrections improve how prisoners are treated.

<p>A protester currently detained on charges relating to recent protests at the Din Daeng Intersection attempted suicide over the weekend by overdosing on paracetamol while in detention at the Bangkok Remand Prison.</p>

<p>On 12 May, the Corrections Department published a press release revealing that 2,835 people inside the prison complex at Klong Prem are infected with Covid-19 after testing inmates and wardens. This amounts to 36.5 percent of the entire population.</p>

<p>On 5 November, a group of activists who have formerly been detained at the Central Women Correctional Institution gathered to protest against human rights violations inside the women&rsquo;s prison.</p>

<p>Following his arrest and detention at the Chiang Mai Remand Prison, human rights lawyer and protest leader Anon Nampa wrote a letter calling for others to continue their fight.&nbsp;</p>

<p>An overnight protest took place on 23 October in front of the Bangkok Remand Prison to welcome Jatupat &lsquo;Pai&rsquo; Boonpattararaksa, an activist from Khon Kaen, the last protester of those arrested on 13 October to be released.</p>

<p>The 57-year-old l?se majest? convict recalled his life in jail with a smile and a laugh, even when he talked about one of his most traumatic memories -- his suicide attempt. In the early years of his imprisonment, he was overwhelmed, not by grief or despair, but anger -- the anger at the fact that his bail requests were repeatedly rejected.</p> <p></p>

<p dir="ltr">Thailand’s Official Information Commission (OIC) has ruled in favour of human rights lawyers, demanding authorities disclose information about detainees kept in the junta’s notorious political prisons.</p> <p dir="ltr">The OIC on Friday, 29 July 2016 published a ruling requesting the disclosure of information about a number of detainees and staff at the Remand Facility at the 11th Military Circle on Rama 5 Rd. in Bangkok,<a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=1600"> Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reported</a>.</p>

<p>If you think being a political prisoner in Thailand is already a nightmare, being an ordinary prisoner can be worse. A junta critic, accused of lèse majesté, has shared an experience after being rejected from visiting his cellmates just because they do not have a same surname.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://scontent.fbkk5-5.fna.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/s960x960/13603828_1068155469939211_5092692340048842351_o.jpg" style="width: 640px; height: 828px;" /></p>