Human rights lawyer and activist Anon Nampa has been sentenced to 2 years and 4 months in prison on charges of royal defamation and sedition, bringing his total prison sentence to 29 years and 1 month.

During a meeting of the House Committee on National Security, relevant stakeholders discussed a leaked audio clip linked to Hun Sen’s order to target Cambodian refugees in Thailand. Two Cambodian refugees said they were pursued after fleeing to Thailand, while the National Security Council acknowledged the existence of intelligence operations, but could not confirm whether they involved state-to-state collaboration.

Amid growing political turmoil, Parliament is expected on 9 July to debate five bills proposing amnesty for people facing political prosecution. The royal defamation law remains a point of contention as the Government Whip insisted that all draft legislation must not propose amnesty for those found guilty of violating it.

The Appeal Court has sentenced a pro-democracy activist to prison for royal defamation over a speech delivered during a protest at the King Taksin the Great Monument on 6 December 2020. She was later released on bail.

The Constitutional Court yesterday (1 July) rejected a petition filed against the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT), the Bhumjaithai Party, and 138 senators over alleged collusion in the 2024 Senate election.

A 26-year-old graffiti artist has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for posting on Facebook a picture of himself pointing a shoe at an image of King Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida.

The Thai Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duties over the leaked call with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.

The standoff emerging after the 28 May clash between Thailand and Cambodia, followed by punitive measures to close key border crossings, has brought almost all activities to a halt in several provinces. It is the grassroots communities who have been left behind, bearing the heaviest burden of a conflict far beyond their control.

Protesters gathered at the Victory Monument in central Bangkok on Saturday (28 June) to demand that Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra resign over a leaked call with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen.

The Cambodian government is deliberately ignoring a litany of human rights abuses including slavery, human trafficking, child labour and torture being carried out by criminal gangs on a vast scale in more than 50 scamming compounds located across the country, Amnesty International said in a new report published yesterday (26 June).

Human rights lawyer and activist Anon Nampa now faces over 26 years in prison after he was found guilty on one more count of royal defamation for a speech given at a pro-democracy protest on 2 December 2020.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will launch an investigation into the leaked phone call between Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen, after a group of senators filed a complaint alleging a breach of ethics.