<p>On 31 December, the volunteer protest guard group We Volunteer (WeVo) were organising a shrimp sale at Sanam Luang when they were surrounded by police officers, who arrested 12 members of the group, including group leader Piyarat &ldquo;Toto&rdquo; Chongtep.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On the second day of its campaign about political deaths and exiles, the FreeArts Facebook page has posted a photo of a mock body bag with the name of Nuamthong Praiwan, a taxi driver who crashed his taxi into a military tank in opposition to the 2006 coup.</p>

<p>On 25 December, the Criminal Court sentenced a student who threw paint at two portraits of King Vajiralongkorn to a 2,500 baht fine, 5,740 baht compensation, and 1 month in jail suspended for 1 year, says Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).</p>

<p>Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has said that he will discuss in the next cabinet meeting whether the government will offer temporary work permits to undocumented migrant workers to alleviate the spread of Covid-19.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On Wednesday (23 December), the Thai parliament voted to accept the first reading of two bills which amend Sections 301 &ndash; 305 of the Criminal Code, which currently criminalize abortion.</p>

<p>On Christmas day, the Criminal Court dismissed all charges against 9 activists who called for an election in front of the MBK department store in January 2018.</p>

<p>The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) held a press conference on 22 December to announce that only 62 percent of eligible voters had participated in the provincial elections, falling short of the target of 80 percent.</p>

<p>The veteran politician Chaturon Chaisang has finally been acquitted of sedition after a legal fight that lasted 6 years, 6 months and 26 days.&nbsp;After the court verdict, there are two things he wants to do.</p>

<p>On 22 December, the Criminal Court found Patnaree Chankij, the mother of pro-democracy activist Sirawith Seritiwat, not guilty of charges under the lèse majesté law and the Computer Crime Act after she responded in a chat with her son&rsquo;s friend with &lsquo;cha&rsquo; (yes).</p>

<p>1,063 new cases of Covid-19 were discovered in Samut Sakhon as of Tuesday (22&nbsp;December), while the province has been put under lockdown effective until 3 January.</p>

<p>The leader of the Progressive Movement admitted that&nbsp;none of his candidates won election to Chief Executive of any Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO). However, 57 of his candidates won election as PAO Council members in 20&nbsp;provinces.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Amnesty International has issued an <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa39/3470/2020/en/">appeal</a> for its members worldwide to send letters to Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha calling for an end to criminal prosecutions of peaceful protestors.</p>