<p>Indigenous Karen communities from Samoeng District, Chiang Mai, filed a petition on Tuesday (11 October) to oppose the designation of forest land as part of Ob Khan National Park, as the land includes their community forest and spiritual area.</p>

<p>Three people were sentenced to 1 year in prison on Wednesday (12 October) for sharing a Facebook post criticizing the government&rsquo;s alleged decision to buy a new satellite.</p>

<p>At least 10 activists in Pattani are reported to have been visited by police and military officers ahead of King Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida&rsquo;s visit to the province to attend the annual Quran recitation competition at the Pattani Central Mosque on Sunday (9 October).&nbsp;</p>

<p>A group of protesters rode the BTS Skytrain while wearing black on Sunday (9 October) in a flashmob-style protest against the Constitutional Court&rsquo;s ruling to allow Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to stay on as Prime Minister.</p>

<p>The Workers&rsquo; Union and the Myanmar migrant worker network Bright Future staged a small gathering last Friday (7 October) to mark the World Day for Decent Work, to demand protection of labour rights and an increase in the minimum wage.</p>

<p>A day after the mass killing at Nong Bua Lamphu, a day of mourning was announced nationwide. Aid and compensation were being arranged. But netizens questioned bureaucratic ceremonies that may contaminate the crime scene and hinder what actually needs to be done.</p>

<p>On his fifth day back as Prime Minister after a 37-day hiatus, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha conducted a visit to Khon Kaen and Ubon Ratchathani, where expressions of dissent as minor as raising three-finger salute drew a fierce response from his security detail.</p>

<p>On 4 October, Lampang Provincial Court found Tiwagorn Withiton guilty of sedition for inviting netizens to cast votes in a campaign asking whether the Thai people wanted to have a referendum about having a monarch as head of the state.</p>

<p>The Constitutional Court on Friday ruled in favour of Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha and affirmed his eligibility to stay in power as Prime Minister, more than 8 years after he assumed the top office through a military coup.</p>

<p>On 28 September, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold an Appeal Court verdict and sentenced a villager in Lampang to 1 year in prison, suspended for 2 years, and a fine of 400,000 baht, for encroaching on national forest land, and evicted her from her land.</p>