Two noodle vendors have been indicted on a royal defamation charge for putting up protest signs in front of their shops in 2023 calling for the repeal of the royal defamation law and the release of political prisoners.

Following the indictment of Australian journalist Murray Hunter, the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) issued a statement raising concerns about the indictment and demanded that the charges against him be dropped.

The Thai Cabinet has officially recognized five Thai cat breeds as national symbols on the pet category following a proposal by the National Identity Committee.

Amnesty International Thailand and activist Payu Boonsophon filed a petition with the Ministry of Justice today (18 November) demanding an investigation into a clash between crowd control police and protesters on 18 November 2022, which injured 33 people and left Payu blind in one eye, as well as for victims to be compensated.

The Administrative Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Royal Thai Army and the Army Commander-in-Chief by author and independent researcher Sarinee Achavanuntakul, iLaw Director Yingcheep Atchanont, and television host Winyu ‘John’ Wongsurawat who claimed they were targeted by Information Operations (IO) in 2021.

Thailand’s former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, who is currently serving a one-year jail sentence, has met with two legal setbacks after his effort to avoid  facing a royal defamation charge was overturned and he was ordered to pay back taxes.

A conscript was found dead at a military camp in Phitsanulok, according to the Cross-Cultural Foundation (CrCF) on Tuesday (11 November).

The National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRC) has released the findings of its investigation into the deportation of 40 Uyghur refugees, concluding that the act violated human rights and the principle of non-refoulement.

Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is delaying the approval of an Interior Ministry announcement extending the stay in Thailand for Cambodian migrant workers whose work permits have expired.

A network of abortion rights and labour rights groups have demanded that the Social Security Office ensure access to abortion for individuals insured under the Social Security Scheme after they found that many individuals were turned away by hospitals or stigmatized by medical personnel for seeking abortions.

Defence Minister Gen Natthaphon Narkphanit has said that Thailand is delaying the release of Cambodian Prisoners of War (POWs) as two Thai soldiers were injured this morning (10 November) after stepping on a landmine.

After Thailand signed a controversial rare earths Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the US, a network of civil society organizations has demanded that the MOU be repealed, raising concerns that it would violate Thailand’s mineral and mining laws and have a destructive impact on the environment.