<p>Tanawat Wongchai, one of the organisers of the &ldquo;Run Against Dictatorship&rdquo; in Bangkok, has been summoned by Bang Sue Police Station for organizing a public assembly without notifying the police according to the Public Assembly Act.</p>

<p>Authorities have been attempting to block spin-off Run Against Dictatorship events in at least three provinces, while the main Bangkok event has been forced to move from Thammasat University to Wachirabenchathat (Rot Fai) Park.</p>

<p>On Tuesday (24 December), a court in Lop Buri sentenced former Voice TV reporter Suchanee Cloitre to two years to prison in a defamation lawsuit filed against her by the Thammakaset Company.</p>

<p>Amnesty International calls for an end to judicial harassment of the political opposition, human rights defenders and activists in Thailand, as authorities began new criminal proceedings against members of the Future Forward Party and activists because of their recent peaceful protests.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.hrw.org/thailand">Thai</a>&nbsp;authorities should immediately drop all politically motivated charges against opposition leaders and pro-democracy activists who held peaceful rallies in Bangkok and other Thai provinces, Human Rights Watch said today (18 December).&nbsp;</p>

<p>On Monday (9 December 2019), the Foreign Correspondents&rsquo; Club of Thailand (FCCT) issued a statement on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FCCThailand/posts/2627718833979717">Facebook page</a> that they have been asked by Lumpini Police Station to cancel a booking for a press conference for the &ldquo;Run Against Dictatorship&rdquo; event, organized by activist Tanawat Wongchai.</p>

<p>Thai authorities over five years of military rule prosecuted numerous peaceful critics of the government to stay in power, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.</p>

<p>Political activist Karn Pongpraphapan was arrested last night (7 October) by the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD), after an arrest warrant was issued for a violation of Article 14 of the Computer-related Crime Act, said Winyat Chatmontree, Karn&rsquo;s attorney and the Secretary General of the United Lawyers for Rights and Liberty.</p>

<p>&lsquo;Somsak&rsquo;s Work&rsquo;, one of Somsak Jeamteerasakul&rsquo;s blogs, has been banned intermittently in Thailand. The access has returned to normal for some users, but others said the blog remained inaccessible.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Manushya Foundation, CIVICUS and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) call on the Government of Lao PDR to remove all unwarranted restrictions on civic space in the country ahead of its human rights review to be held at the United Nations (UN) in January-February 2020. The review will mark five years since UN member states made 33 recommendations to the Lao government that directly relate to barriers to open civic space. As of today, the government has partially implemented only three recommendations.</p>

<p>(New York, June 14, 2019) &ndash;&nbsp;Thai&nbsp;authorities are harassing and intimidating social critics for mocking Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha after he assumed the premiership for another term, <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/06/14/thailand-authorities-punish-mockery-junta">Human Rights Watch</a> said today.</p>