Last week, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass the Clean Air bill, which would impose regulations to reduce pollution and improve air quality. If approved by the Senate, it would be the first law on air pollution management in Thailand.

The Criminal Court has acquitted former Future Forward MP Tanwarin Sukkhapisit in a case concerning shareholdings in media-related companies, which are prohibited for MP candidates. The ruling stands in contrast to a 2020 Constitutional Court ruling, which disqualified Tanwarin from her seat on the same grounds.

Last week, the House of Representatives passed in the second and third readings an amnesty bill for political offences. The bill prohibits amnesty for royal defamation, while the House rejected an amendment which would opened a door to amnesty for those charged as minors.

On Saturday (25 October), activists and residents in Chiang Mai ran 3.5 kilometres through Chiang Mai University to demand release of political prisoners and protest parliament’s refusal to include royal defamation defendants in the amnesty bill for political offences.

Queen Mother Sirikit, the mother of King Vajiralongkorn and wife of the late King Bhumibol, has passed away peacefully at 93.

Yesterday (23 October), civil society organizations, activists, politicians, and members of the public ran to the parliament complex to demand the release of political prisoners.

Former Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has announced her decision to resign from her position as Pheu Thai Party leader.

Ahead of today’s parliamentary debate on the amnesty bill for people facing political charges, the Network for People’s Amnesty, a network of civil society organizations, filed a petition to three political parties demanding that charges of royal defamation under Section 112 of the Criminal Code and harming the Queen or her liberty under Section 110 be included in the bill.

Two Thai reporters, along with a pro-democracy activist, have been indicted as principals with regard to a 2023 incident where an activist sprayed graffiti onto the wall of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. They have been granted provisional bail pending trial.

Two People’s Party MPs face defamation lawsuits after raising questions about an alleged scam network based in the Sino-Thai Tower in central Bangkok. The charge was filed against them by the building’s owner, Sino-Thai Engineering.

Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit, former human rights commissioner, and Human Rights Watch’s senior researcher Sunai Phasuk filed a petition with the police chief on Saturday (18 October) requesting police protection after they received death threats and online harassment for criticising a social media influencer’s activities in areas along the Thailand-Cambodia border.

Australian journalist Murray Hunter, previously arrested at a Thai airport on a defamation charge filed against him by the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission, said he believes personal vengeance and fear-mongering in Malaysia fuel defamation case against him in Thailand.