Siwanchali Withayaseriwat, a Chiang Mai-based poet, performance artist, and artist, has been found guilty of contempt of court for reading a poem at a protest against the Constitutional Court’s September 2022 ruling that Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha was allowed to stay as Prime Minister despite the 8-year term limit imposed by the 2017 Constitution.

Thailand has formally submitted its response to Cambodia’s 2 June notification to enter compulsory conciliation proceedings over their maritime boundary dispute under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), reaffirming its preference for maritime delimitation over joint development.

A 43-year-old Bangkok citizen has been sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison on a royal defamation charge over a comment made in the Royalist Marketplace Facebook group in 2021.

A 30-year-old has been sentenced to prison for royal defamation over a Facebook post featuring a photo of a protest sign.

The Roi-Et Provincial Court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by an MP from the Klatham Party against a university student over a Facebook share questioning the MP’s qualifications. The Court concluded that scrutinising the qualifications of a politician or public figure is something that the public is entitled to do.

The People’s Constitutional Drafting Group (ConForAll) has launched a campaign to gather over 50,000 signatures to propose a bill amending the Constitution and pushing for fully democratic direct elections for Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) members.

Princess Bajrakitiyabha, King Vajiralongkorn’s eldest child, has passed away at age 47 after almost 4 years in a coma, the Bureau of the Royal Household announced today (12 June).

The Chonburi Provincial Court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against journalist Kowit Photisan, editor of The Isaan Record, by Deputy Prime Minister Suchart Chomklin for sharing a Facebook post.

Bangkok’s central business district was adorned with rainbow on Sunday (31 May) as the city marked Pride month with the annual Bangkok Pride Parade, held now for the fifth year in a row.

The sex worker rights group Empower Foundation has formally proposed a bill to parliament repealing the 1996 anti-sex work law and outlining protection for sex workers.

The attendance of 9 Privy Councillors at a National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Command meeting on 19 May has sparked an online debate after the main opposition People’s Party issued a statement raising concerns about the propriety of their attendance as it could seem like they are interfering in government affairs.

Thailand’s decision to terminate the 2001 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Cambodia on maritime claims in the Gulf of Thailand may satisfy long-standing domestic political demands, but the harder challenge lies ahead. The legal, diplomatic, and political consequences that follow could prove significantly more complex than the act of cancellation itself.