On Thursday (14 August), Second Army Region Commander Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang told students at Kasetsart University Laboratory School that King Vajiralongkorn has been receiving daily updates on the Thailand-Cambodia border situation.

The Appeal Court has overturned the dismissal of a royal defamation charge against a former activist for allegedly placing a banner with a defamatory message near a portrait of King Vajiralongkorn.

The Thai parliament has voted to pass the Ethnic Way of Life Protection bill, the first law in Thailand to protect Indigenous peoples’ cultural rights and way of life. Meanwhile, the opposition and civil society said work remains to be done to ensure protection for Thailand’s Indigenous peoples.

A 34-year-old security guard has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for royal defamation over his posts about the Thai kings on Facebook and TikTok. The term was reduced to approximately seven years with suspension.

The Pathumwan Municipal Court has dismissed charges filed against 8 pro-democracy activists and 1 Pheu Thai MP for an 16 October 2020 protest, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reports.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Employee Welfare Fund must compensate 35 undocumented migrant workers regardless of their immigration status when their employer had refused to pay their wages.

Pro-democracy activist Nawat Liangwattana has been indicted on another count of royal defamation filed against him over a speech he gave at a protest on 14 November 2023, said Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).

The Constitutional Court ruled last Friday (1 August) to strip Pichet Chuanmuangphan, Pheu Thai MP and First Deputy House Speaker, of his MP position and ban him from political office for 10 years after finding him guilty of unlawfully influencing budget allocations.

The recent Thailand-Cambodia border conflict has disrupted the lives of ordinary Thais and Cambodians alike. People in other Thai border provinces have not been spared the consequences either.

The Court of Appeal has sentenced an activist and two protesters to prison on royal defamation charges over a photo of them holding signs at a protest in November 2020.

A 29-year-old electrician has been sentenced to prison for royal defamation over a Facebook page comment in 2021.