<p>From 4-6 May, King Vajiralongkorn was crowned in one of the most elaborate traditional coronation ceremonies in the world while Thailand faces a political conundrum</p>

<p>On Saturday (27 April), <a href="https://voicetv.co.th/read/kNVmbb7KT">Voice TV</a> reported that Worawalun Taweekarn, a graduate of the Faculty of Education, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, has been denied teaching positions for the past two years because she is transgender.</p>

<p>The 2019 National Intelligence Act became effective on Wednesday (17 April), allowing the National Intelligence Agency to use any means, including electronic or other technologies, to access information.</p>

<p>Prachatai invites you to look at an explanation of what is happening in Thai society, what Thai media should do in an age when the prerogative of setting the agenda for what the public learns about is slipping through our fingers, how other countries deal with incitement, and what kind of communication could stop violence.</p>

<p>Piyabutr Saengkanokkul, Secretary-General of the Future Forward Party (FFP), went to the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) on April 17 to acknowledge allegations by the NCPO&rsquo;s legal representative of contempt of court and spreading false information online.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Thailand has been ranked 136th in Reporters Without Borders (RSF)&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="https://rsf.org/en/2019-world-press-freedom-index-cycle-fear">2019 World Press Freedom Index</a>, four&nbsp;places above its 2018 ranking, but is still classified as being in a &ldquo;difficult situation.&rdquo;</p>

<p>Officers from the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) and Pakkred Police Station have arrested a 56-year-old civil servant on suspicion of involvement in the Thai Federation movement.</p>

<p>On Wednesday (10 April), the Thai Academic Network for Civil Rights (TANC) went to the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) headquarters to hand an open letter calling for transparency in the vote counting process and for the ECT to stop prosecuting citizens.</p>

<p>The Administrative Court has ruled that Chulalongkorn University must reduce the penalty imposed on Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal and his 7 colleagues and revoked the order removing him as President of the Student Council. This came too late to change anything as his one-year term ended last year.</p>

<p>On 11 April, the Appeal Court has dismissed the charges against four activists and a Prachatai journalist, after they were charged with violating the Public Referendum Act for distributing stickers persuading the people to reject the constitution draft in 2016.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On 9 April, a group of LGBT activists and representatives of ASEAN civil society organizations gathered in front of the Embassy of Brunei Darussalam in Bangkok to deliver a statement against Brunei&rsquo;s implementation of Sharia Law, under which same-sex relations are a crime punishable by death.</p>