A man convicted of hacking the Constitutional Court website and renaming it “Kangaroo Court” has been sent to prison after his appeal petition to the Supreme Court was rejected.

Last Friday (19 September), activists staged a protest in front of Thammasat University to demand the release of political prisoners, constitutional amendments by an elected Constituent Assembly, and a House dissolution within 4 months.

The Central Administrative Court has ruled that a ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men (MSM) does not constitute discrimination.

The Supreme Court today (18 September) sentenced a 31-year-old security guard to 2 years in prison on a royal defamation charge for a Facebook comment from May 2021.

Following last week’s Constitutional Court ruling prohibiting a direct election of Constituent Assembly, a network of civil society organizations staged a protest in front of the Constitutional Court office demanding that a Constituent Assembly must be elected.

For the past three months, the Thailand Telecommunication Relay Service (TTRS), which provides online sign language interpretation services for people with hearing impairments, has been shut down due to delay in funding approval.

In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of the Criminal Court, the fellows of the European Parliament's Sakharov Fellowship and laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thoughts have called on the Thai authorities to drop charges against human rights defender Pimsiri Petchnamrob and end the prosecution of Thai Thai prisoners of thought currently behind bars for peacefully voicing dissenting opinions.

77 civil society organizations have petitioned for the President of the Supreme Court to grant bail to five protesters detained pending appeal over an incident on 14 October 2020, when they were accused of trying to block a royal motorcade on Phitsanulok Road during an anti-government protest.

The Thai Senate has approved a draft of the labour protection bill, granting female employees 120 days of maternity leave. The bill is expected to become law soon.

A Thai cartoonist has been sentenced to prison for royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act over royal caricatures posted on a Facebook page. He was given a suspended sentence for three years.

After public debate on how many referendums are needed to draft a new Constitution, the Constitutional Court has ruled that three referendums are required, but parliament cannot allow the public to elect a Constituent Assembly.

A clothing vendor has been indicted for royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act over two Facebook posts.