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19 Oct 2023
Parliament has voted against the Move Forward Party (MFP)’s proposal to establish an ad hoc committee to ensure the right to education for non-Thai students without civil registration.
19 Oct 2023
The People's Movement for a Just Society (P-Move) has ended a 15-day protest in front of Government House after several sub-committees were formed to handle community rights issues and demands made by the activists.
19 Oct 2023
Community networks in the Northern Thailand have filed a lawsuit requesting the cancellation of the Yuam River diversion project and a revocation of project’s EIA approval on the grounds that it was conducted without public participation.
19 Oct 2023
The family of Chit Singhaseni, a royal aide convicted for the murder of King Ananda Mahidol and executed in 1955, has filed a request with the Ratchadaphisek Criminal Court for a new trial.
18 Oct 2023
The Appeal Court ruled yesterday (17 October) not to lift the ban on Rap Against Dictatorship (RAD)’s song “Reform,” claiming that the song incites people to express their opinion without respect for the law and may upset royalists.
17 Oct 2023
A second bail request by human rights lawyer and activist Anon Nampa has been denied despite him showing no tendency to flee.
17 Oct 2023
The Ratchadapisek Criminal Court has found three activists guilty of insult of court and sentenced them to prison for speeches given during a protest in April 2021 to demand the release of political prisoners.
16 Oct 2023
On October 10, the Ratchaburi District Court sentenced Wanthana Othong, a 62-year-old political activist in Ratchaburi province, to 6 months and 10 days in jail without parole and fined her 1,000 baht.
16 Oct 2023
130 Thai migrant workers in Israel have arrived at Don Mueang International Airport by a Royal Thai Air Force plane, while the Foreign Minister has reported increased numbers for Thais killed or taken hostage.
16 Oct 2023
A student from Chiang Mai University has been charged with sedition and other crimes under the Computer Crimes Act and the Public Assembly Act over a 24 June 2023 caravan. Several others have also been charged, including a local news outlet.
16 Oct 2023
Last night (15 October), members of the ultra-royalist group People’s Centre to Protect the Monarchy attacked a group of activists protesting in front of the Ratchadapisek Criminal Court to demand the release of political prisoners. They also threatened reporters livestreaming the protest and other bystanders.
16 Oct 2023
Over 400 Cambodian workers were arrested by the Thai police on 12 October 2023 in Ayutthaya Province. The workers, most of them employed in construction, reached out to their embassy to request the Thai authorities for their release, after their brokers failed to produce promised legal documentation.
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