<p>A man was sentenced on Friday (4 March 2022) to 3 years in prison on a royal defamation charge for putting a sticker on a portrait of King Vajiralongkorn in front of the Supreme Court during a protest on 19 September 2020.</p>

<p>Ravisara Eksgool, who was charged with royal defamation for reading out a statement during the 26 October 2020 protest at the German Embassy, has had her request to leave the country to study overseas denied twice by the South Bangkok Criminal Court over fears that she will flee the country.</p>

<p>Two far-right hosts recently drafted into Channel 5 have claimed that people were faking casualties in Ukraine. A simple Google search shows that their footage of dead bodies was taken from a climate change protest in Austria on 4 Feb.</p>

<p>Corrections Department director-general Aryut Sinthoppan ordered a wholesale reform of prison labour usage to assure that departmental practices are in keeping with human rights principles, according to a press release on 1 March.</p>

<p>Prachatai&rsquo;s collaborative investigative report on Wanchalearm Satsaksit&rsquo;s disappearance and a documentary on the unremitting hardship of an injured Red Shirt protester have received awards from Amnesty International Thailand (AIT).</p>

<p>Activist and human rights lawyer Anon Nampa has been granted bail by the South Bangkok Criminal Court and was released on Monday (28 February 2022), after spending almost 7 months in detention pending trial on several royal defamation charges relating to protests in 2020 &ndash; 2021.</p>

<p>Ukrainians in Chiang Mai gathered on Sunday (27 February 2022) at Tha Pae gate, a popular tourist landmark in Chiang Mai city, to call for an end to Russia&rsquo;s invasion of Ukraine.</p>

<p>Activist Tantawan &ldquo;Tawan&rdquo; Tuatulanon was arrested on Saturday (26 February 2022), after she conducted a poll on whether the royal defamation law should be repealed and attempted to deliver the poll result to the Grand Palace.</p>

<p>On 18 February, Chulalongkorn University (CU) vice rector Chaiyaporn Puprasert issued a letter announcing disciplinary action against Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal and Pitchakorn Roeksomphong, the president and first vice president of the CU student government. &nbsp;The action included removing Netiwit office.</p>

<p>A protest took place in front of the Russian Embassy in Bangkok on Friday (25 February 2022) to protest Russia&rsquo;s invasion of Ukraine, after Russian forces entered Ukraine on Thursday (24 February 2022), targeting Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and other major cities.</p>

<p>Move Forward Party (MFP) MP Rangsiman Rome revealed during last week&rsquo;s mid-year censure debate that Maj Gen Paween Pongsirin, a senior police officer investigating Rohingya human trafficking in 2015, decided to seek asylum in Australia due to threats and pressure from his superiors.</p>