<p>A month has passed since police officers stomped and beat reporters while dispersing an APEC 2022 protest. Calls for an investigation by media associations have met with little progress.</p>

<p>The Bureau of the Royal Household issued a second statement today (19 December) on the condition of Princess Bajrakitiyabha, stating that she is still stable and that her heart, lungs, and kidneys are being treated with medication.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Nakhon Si Thammarat Provincial Court has dismissed a defamation charge filed against art critic Pearamon Tulavardhana by Chiang Mai University lecturer Pongsiri Kiddee, who <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/9491">sued Pearamon after she wrote an article criticizing an exhibition featuring his work</a>.&nbsp;</p>

<p>A 26-year-old factory worker accused of spraying paint on the frames of King Vajiralongkorn portraits at two locations in Pattaya has been sentenced to prison for royal defamation.</p>

<p>A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged with royal defamation for posting a comment on Facebook about a photo taken from a movie theatre screening of the royal anthem.</p>

<p>Sombath Somphone was abducted from the middle of Lao PDR&rsquo;s capital Vientiane in 2012. A decade later, the perpetrators have not been brought to justice, his fate is still unknown, and his friends still hope for some progress in the case.</p>

<p>On 15 December 2022, the Bureau of the Royal Household published a statement, declaring that Princess Bajrakitiyabha, King Vajiralongkorn&#39;s oldest child, had a heart-related condition requiring medical treatment.</p>

<p>A 19-year-old protester who was arrested during a <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8839">protest on 13 October 2020</a> has been sentenced to 2 years and 5 days in prison on charges resulting from the protest, including violation of the Emergency Decree and resisting officials.</p>

<p>A 13-year-old protester says he has been harassed by the police after he tried to protest at Sanam Luang on the late King Bhumibol&rsquo;s birthday.</p>

<p>Over 200 Rohingya refugees from a Bangladesh IDP camp have been left floating in a single boat off the coast of Thailand. Unable to get the boat moving and lacking food and water, 30 people have reportedly died.</p>

<p>A network of women human rights defenders has called for a more inclusive constitution and proposed amendments to the constitution which included the protection of women&rsquo;s rights, decentralization, and state welfare.</p>