By Patrice Victor |
<p>The trial of the alleged mastermind behind an assault on two Thai political refugee in Paris has once again been postponed due to a lack of interpreter and a sudden mass protest.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Jon Åström Gröndahl, the Swedish Ambassador to Thailand, has announced that the Embassy will halt assistance to Thais to go picking berries in Sweden after hearing claims of shadow contracts and fake documents.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Two detained monarchy reform activists have announced that they will be dry fasting to demand bail for every political prisoner, after there was no response to the demands they made when they revoked their own bail on Monday (16 January).</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>A food delivery rider has been found guilty and sentenced to prison on a royal defamation charge for allegedly attempting to burn a portrait of King Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida during a protest in July 2021. The court ruled that a portrait of the King is worth the same as the King’s person.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>A case filed by the family of Chaiyaphum Pasae, a Lahu ethnic activist who was killed by the military, has been accepted for consideration by the Supreme Court.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Photojournalist Natthaphon Phanphongsanon was attacked by a group of pro-monarchy supporters in April 2022. After almost year, justice in the case is seemingly being impeded by the police.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>To protest the denial of bail and detention of political prisoners, two activists have revoked their own bail and demanded that every political prisoner is released within 3 days.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>The Royal Thai Police have issued a letter to the Ministry of Justice, asking them to delay enforcement of Anti-Torture Act. It claims the police are not ready in terms of training and equipment.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Royalist Marketplace, a Facebook group of 2.3 million members dedicated to frank discussions of the Thai monarchy, was rendered inaccessible in Thailand last night, according to the group founder.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>A man who was <a href="https://prachataienglish.com/node/10055">arrested in October 2022</a> for refusing to sit down and shouting at King Vajiralongkorn's royal motorcade has been indicted for royal defamation and resisting arrest.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Members of the Bang Kloi indigenous community employed as weavers in the local craft centre suffer poor working conditions and are paid less than the minimum wage, say activists from the Save Bang Kloi Coalition. </p>
By Prachatai |
<p>After more than a week of criticism, the governor of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has issued a postponement of the 33 million THB deal given to a private company to build the Grand Station<span dir="RTL" lang="TH" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",serif">’</span>s new signs.</p>