By Prachatai |
A 27-year-old protester has been sentenced to prison without suspension for burning the King’s portrait in a 2021 protest.
By Prachatai |
The Supreme Court has ordered former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to spend one year in prison, ruling that his previous hospital detention was not in accordance with Department of Corrections regulations.
By Prachatai |
The District Court of Lapland has sentenced the CEO of a Finnish berry company to prison over 62 human trafficking cases involving Thai berry pickers. The workers have long sought justice and advocated for fair treatment and accountability from both berry companies and the Thai authorities.
By Prachatai |
Five protesters convicted for allegedly trying to block a royal motorcade on Phitsanulok Road during an anti-government protest on 14 October 2020 have been denied bail.
By Prachatai |
Two pro-democracy activists have been sentenced to prison for royal defamation over a Facebook photo of a man holding pieces of paper with profanities in front of a portrait of King Vajiralongkorn.
By Prachatai |
Chonthicha Jangrew, an activist-turned-People’s Party MP, has been sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison on a royal defamation charge filed against her for posting a message to King Vajiralongkorn during a November 2020 protest, in which protesters marched to the Grand Palace to send letters calling for monarchy reform.
By Prachatai |
The Appeal Court has convicted five protesters accused of trying to block a royal motorcade on Phitsanulok Road during an anti-government protest on 14 October 2020, overturning a Criminal Court ruling find them not guilty.
By Prachatai |
Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the conservative Bhumjaithai, has secured a majority of votes from MPs in parliament to become Thailand’s 32nd Prime Minister and the third one in two years after his predecessor Paetongtarn Shinawatra was ousted by the Constitutional Court last week.
By Prachatai |
Lawyers representing US academic Dr Paul Chambers filed an administrative lawsuit on Thursday (4 September) over the revocation of Chambers’ visa, seeking over 3.6. million baht in damages.
By Prachatai |
A banner was put up on an overpass in front of Chulalongkorn University on Thursday afternoon (4 September) to express solidarity with Indonesian protesters.
By Prachatai |
The Supreme Court today (5 September) denied bail for two pro-democracy activists convicted of royal defamation over protest speeches they delivered in Chaiyaphum Province in 2021.
By Prachatai |
The Supreme Court has sentenced a pro-democracy activist to prison on a two-year suspended sentence for attending a 2020 protest demanding justice for activist-in-exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit.