Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been accused during the censure debate of incompetence and insincerity in addressing PM 2.5, while overlooking viable approaches to mitigate air pollution.

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to prison on a royal defamation charge over a comment on a Facebook page. Due to his guilty plea, he was given a suspended sentence.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn is now facing the first no-confidence motion since she assumed office in August 2024. The opposition is taking aim at Paetongtarn for her lack of leadership and perceived incompetence, the government's failure at improving the economy and implementing reforms, and the influence former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra - Paetongtarn's father - over Paetongtarn and her administration.

Thailand has reverted to ‘Not Free’ status, says Freedom House in its new Freedom in the World Report, due to the dissolution of the Move Forward Party, the forced repatriation of activists, refugees, and asylum seekers to countries where they faced ill-treatment, and on going prosecution and detention of pro-democracy activists.

In response to the European Parliament's resolution condemning Thailand's use of the royal defamation law, detained human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa wrote an open letter thanking the European Parliament for its concern and calling for a resolution imposing visa restrictions on Thai officials and other individuals involved in the enforcement of the royal defamation law.

The Network for People’s Amnesty has called on the opposition to raise the issue of political prosecutions in the no-confidence debate scheduled for 24-25 March, urging the government to fulfil its commitments to political detainees.

Ministers and members of the Thai media have arrived in China’s Xinjiang Province to visit and check on 40 Uyghur deportees who were repatriated to China, amid concerns over their well-being in China.

Parliament voted on Monday (17 March) to petition the Constitutional Court to rule whether it can amend Section 256 of the Constitution or if it has to conduct a referendum first, which would further delay the process of amending the Constitution

In the forthcoming no-confidence debate, the opposition People’s Party has omitted Thaksin Shinawatra’s formal name from its motion, replacing it with an indirect reference after concerns were raised regarding a violation of parliamentary regulations.

Detained student activist Sirapob Phumphengphut has been admitted to Thammasat University Hospital after spending 22 days on a hunger strike to demand the release of political prisoners.

The US Department of State will be imposing visa restrictions on Thai government officials responsible for the forced return of 40 Uyghur refugees to China, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday (14 March) condemning Thailand's deportation of Uyghur refugees to China and its use of the royal defamation law. MEPs called on the Commission to leverage free trade agreement negotiations to demand reform.