Mongkhon Thirakot, an activist and online clothing vendor from Chiang Rai, has been charged with three more counts of royal defamation for Facebook posts made between May – September 2022.

The Marriage Equality Act, which was signed into law in September 2024, will become effective on 23 January, opening the door for Thai LGBTQ couples to legally register their marriages.

The Thai Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for a former Thai marine suspected of shooting and killing Lim Kimya, a former Cambodian opposition MP, in Bangkok yesterday.

A group of activists and protesters rang in the New Year at a gathering in front of the Bangkok Remand Prison in support of political prisoners remaining in detention and to demand their release.

Three people have been found guilty of royal defamation and given a suspended prison sentence of 1 year and 6 months for allegedly setting fire to a portrait of King Vajiralongkorn in front of the Ministry of Labour during a protest in September 2021.

Human rights lawyer and activist Anon Nampa appeared at the Chiang Mai Provincial Court to testify in a royal defamation case arising from a speech he delivered on 23 November 2020 at Chiang Mai University. The verdict is scheduled to be delivered on 27 March 2025.

The Dusit Municipal Court has found 25 activists and protesters guilty of charges resulting from the APEC 2022 protest, in which they faced a violent crackdown.

The Samut Prakan Provincial Court has refused a request filed by the mother of missing activist-in-exile Siam Theerawut to have him declared a missing person on the grounds that he has an outstanding arrest warrant and is likely to still be in hiding.

The bill amending the Referendum Act has been put on hold for 180 days after the House of Representatives voted to reject the version amended by the joint committee of the Senate and the House, which required a double majority for a referendum to pass, while the Senate approved it.

Human rights lawyer and activist Anon Nampa now faces 18 years in prison after he was found guilty of royal defamation and sedition over a protest speech during a 3 August 2020 protest.

An online clothing vendor detained pending appeal on a royal defamation charge has been granted bail and was released last Thursday (12 December) after over a year in detention.

A Myanmar court has sentenced four Thai fishermen to a maximum of six years in prison after their fishing boats were allegedly found operating in Myanmar's territorial waters and were fired upon by Myanmar navy vessels. Meanwhile, PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra assured the public that the situation is under control, and they will be granted pardons early next year as part of ongoing negotiations.