Parliament on Wednesday (15 October) passed in the first readings two bills out of three proposing amendments to the Constitution to set up a Constituent Assembly, kickstarting the process of drafting a new Constitution.

The UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders has raised concerns for a Thai senator and human rights defender after she received death threats over her criticism of the broadcasting of ghost sounds intended to disturb Cambodians along the border.

A Red Shirt protester has been acquitted in a case related to an explosion at a 2014 Yellow Shirt protest. He faced five charges related to explosives in 2014, and has now been acquitted on three.

The Attorney General’s Office has decided to drop a royal defamation charge filed against activist Benja Apan over a speech given during a protest in September 2021 on the grounds that she was criticizing the government and did not intend to defame the monarchy.

5 years since the mass protests of 2020, an exhibition of objects belonging to 40 activists and protesters are now on display at Kinjai Contemporary.

This week, the Thai Parliament will deliberate three bills proposing amendments to the Constitution to kickstart constitutional amendments by adding sections on a drafting assembly. With the Constitutional Court's ruling prohibiting a direct election of Constituent Assembly members, three parties have proposed different methods of forming the Assembly.

The Thai Appeal Court has acquitted three people accused of royal defamation and sedition after they allegedly posted photos with political messages, on social media.

To commemorate the 49th anniversary of the 6 October 1976 Thammasat University Massacre, students, politicians, activists, and members of the public gather at Thammasat University on Monday (6 October) for a day of memorial events.

The arrest of Murray Hunter in Bangkok over a Malaysian defamation case underscores Southeast Asia’s growing trend of cross-border political crackdowns.

A network of civil society organizations has filed a complaint against 5 Constitutional Court judges, seeking an investigation into their unsolicited statement prohibiting the direct election of a Constituent Assembly in the new constitutional drafting process.

Last Saturday (4 October), protesters marched through central Bangkok in a solidarity march co-hosted by at least seven NGOs and activist groups. The demonstration carried three main demands: the suspension of Thai worker deployment to Israel; the immediate termination of all arms trade and military agreements with Israel; and the screening of all Israeli visitors for involvement in Israel’s Occupation Forces (IOF).

A Thai Criminal Court has convicted a former Thai marine who shot and killed Cambodian opposition politician Lim Kimya and sentenced him to life in prison. The assassination was seen as politically motivated and made clear that Thailand is no safe haven for political dissidents.