The recent move by the National Anti-Corruption Commission to seek lifetime political bans for 44 opposition MPs, accused of a "gross ethics breach" simply for proposing to amend the royal defamation law, underscores how the boundaries of Thai politics are being redrawn in real-time. This investigation into lawmakers for their legislative actions serves as the latest flashpoint in a transformation of public discourse that has undergone a striking shift since 2019.

Four activists have been found guilty of royal defamation and sentenced to prison over speeches given at a protest in front of the 11th Infantry Regiment headquarters on 29 November 2020.

Under the 2026 budget bill, while there has been no significant change in direct spending allocated to the monarchy, indirect expenditures in the 2026 budget are 4,123 billion baht higher than last year, making the monarchy-related budget the highest in seven years. Meanwhile, questions relating to monarchy budget is met with restraint.

Pro-democracy activists have been sentenced to prison for sedition charges over speeches they delivered during a 10 August 2020 protest at Thammasat University.

Section 6 of the Constitution, which places the King in a revered and inviolable position, has been used to justify guilty verdicts in royal defamation cases. This has raised concerns about the erosion of the freedoms enshrined in the Constitution. Somchai Prechasilpakul, lecturer at Chiang Mai University's Faculty of Law, says that the broad interpretation of Section 6 is a dangerous development that will intensify calls for judicial reform.

The Thai Appeal Court has sentenced a man who hacked the Constitutional Court website and renamed it “Kangaroo Court” to one year and six months in prison without suspension and fined him 87,277 baht for damages. He was later granted bail.

Human rights lawyer and activist Anon Nampa has testified in court regarding his fifth royal defamation charge, with a verdict to be delivered on 3 December, insisting that his criticism was intended to modernise the monarchy. In four earlier cases, he received a cumulative sentence of over 14 years.

Human Rights lawyer Anon Nampa was found guilty yesterday (25 July) of royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act for two Facebook posts made in January and February 2021 criticizing the King’s exercise of power, bringing his cumulative prison sentence for royal defamation to over 14 years.

The Constitutional Court yesterday (12 June) ordered the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) to submit a list of additional evidence in support of its petition for the dissolution of the Move Forward Party (MFP) and the disqualification of MFP leaders before it reconvenes on 18 June.

Human rights lawyer and activist Anon Nampa is now facing over 10 years in prison after the South Bangkok Criminal Court today (29 April) sentenced him to 2 years and 20 days in prison on another royal defamation charge.

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organizations Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) and Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) call on Thailand’s Constitutional Court to dismiss the petition to dissolve the Move Forward Party (MFP) to ensure compliance with the country’s obligations under international human rights law.

The Constitutional Court ruled yesterday (3 April) to accept a petition filed by the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) seeking the dissolution of the Move Forward Party (MFP) and the disqualification of its executive board members.