By Prachatai |
<p>Monarchy reform activist Tantawan Tuatulanon’s bail was revoked today (20 April), after the Criminal Court claimed she has broken her bail conditions by going near a royal motorcade and posting about the monarchy on Facebook.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Anan ‘Boy’ Loket, 27, a former student activist who worked for the Move Forward Party (MFP), was found dead, hanging at a bus stop in Chaloem Phra Kiat District, 30 km from where the MFP held a seminar. The cause and reason of death are still unknown.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Thanayut Na Ayutthaya, a rapper known by the stage name Elevenfinger, has been arrested and accused of throwing an explosive device near the Prime Minister’s residence on Sunday night (10 April).</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Yukti Mukdawijitra, lecturer at Thammasat University’s Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, has been charged with royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act over a post he made on Twitter in May 2021.</p>
By Prachatai |
By Prachatai |
<p>On Sunday (10 April), a memorial event took place at the 14 October 1973 Memorial on Ratchadamnoen Road in memory of those who died during the 10 April 2010 crackdown on Red Shirt protests, during which the military deployed live rounds against protesters gathering in the Ratchadamnoen area, resulting in the death of 26 people.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Pareena Kraikupt, MP for Ratchaburi in the ruling Palang Pracharat Party (PPRP) has been found guilty of serious ethics violation, resulting in a life-long ban from political positions at any level and loss of the right to vote for 10 years, punishments some see as overkill.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Activist Tantawan Tuatulanon was blocked from going near the Temple of the Emerald Buddha yesterday (6 April) after she intended to wait for a royal motorcade.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>On Wednesday (6 April), Chakri Memorial Day, demonstrators led by the activist group Mok Luang Rim Nam gathered at the King Taksin the Great Monument at Wongwian Yai to remember what the group called <a>“</a>the Rattanakosin Era’s first coup.”</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Sitanun Satsaksit, sister of missing activist in exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit, submitted to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) on Monday (4 April) a statement calling for the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) to address Cambodia’s failure to investigate Wanchalearm’s disappearance.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>50 residents of Kaboedin village, Omkoi district, Chiang Mai, filed a lawsuit with the Chiang Mai Administrative Court on Monday (4 April) to revoke an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a coal mine project sited near their community.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Police have requested Nonthaburi Provincial Court to revoke the bail for activist Chinnawat Chankrachang after his Facebook post asking Princess Bajrakitiyabha’s opinion on the royal defamation law. Although the Court has rejected the request, it added bail conditions restricting his activities concerning the monarchy and even the lèse majesté law itself.</p>