<p>The hashtag&nbsp;#royalmotorcade&nbsp;has soared on Twitter despite legal restrictions on criticism of the royal family as concerned citizens reported traffic problems caused by a royal motorcade. A twitter user has faced threats over their comments and an activist received a threatening message claimed to be sent by the Palace, but an official at the Bureau of Royal Household&nbsp;said it was unlikely to be from there.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Philippines-based online news agency Rappler was announced as one of the two winners in the large outlet category of the 2019 Global Shining Light Awards on Saturday night (28 September) for their story &ldquo;<a href="https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/tondo-vigilante-gang-war-on-drugs-series-part-one">Murder in Manila</a>&rdquo;.</p>

<p>Ministry of Interior has dismissed an appeal to nominate Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal to be Amnesty&#39;s Board Member. Amnesty will file a lawsuit, but the student activist fears that&nbsp;when he&nbsp;get the position back, his&nbsp;term will already be over.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul,&nbsp;a prominent activist, is suffering from terminal cancer. To raise funds for her, Friends of Da said donations can now be made on <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=homepage_norma/search&amp;term=Da%20Torpedo">GoFundMe</a>.</p>

<p>&lsquo;Somsak&rsquo;s Work&rsquo;, one of Somsak Jeamteerasakul&rsquo;s blogs, has been banned intermittently in Thailand. The access has returned to normal for some users, but others said the blog remained inaccessible.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Kanya Theerawut, mother of missing political refugee Siam Theerawut, said at the ASEAN Peoples&rsquo; Forum (APF) on Thursday (12 September) that the Rights and Liberties Protection Department (RLPD) told her not to take her son&rsquo;s case to the UN, as it could ruin the country&rsquo;s image.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Supreme Court has postponed the hearing in the case of Sarinee Achavanuntakul, an academic accused of contempt of court for the publication of an article in the Krungthep Turakit newspaper, after the co-accused news editor did not appear at the hearing on 9 September 2019.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Sirisak Chaited, an LGBT rights activist, said she has received a threatening email ahead of the ASEAN Peoples&rsquo; Forum (APF) on 10 &ndash; 12 September, while Siyeed Alam, chair of the Rohingya Association in Thailand, said he has been contacted by Special Branch officers.</p>

<p>Since the announcement that bones&nbsp;bones found in Kaeng Krachan Dam have been confirmed to be those of Karen environmental activist and community rights defender Porlajee &ldquo;Billy&rdquo; Rakchongcharoen, who went missing in 2014. Several human rights organizations have since called for the Thai authorities to conduct an investigation into his abduction and murder.</p>

<p>When the bones now confirmed to be that of disappeared Karen activist were discovered in Kaeng Krachan Dam, an oil drum were also found. Prachatai looks back at the history of the &quot;Red Drum,&quot; state violence, and the culture of impunity in Thailand.&nbsp;</p>