The Appeal Court has dismissed a royal defamation charge filed against Sirapat Deesawat, a Nonthaburi-based artist and musician charged with removing a portrait of King Vajiralongkorn from a housing estate entrance.

Three activists from Chiang Mai have been charged with contempt of court for protesting the Constitutional Court’s September 2022 ruling that Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha was allowed to stay as Prime Minister despite the 8-year term limit imposed by the 2017 Constitution.

The Appeal Court has sentenced a Thai pro-democracy activist to 1 year and 7 months without suspension on a royal defamation charge over his speech given at a protest on 13 February 2021.

Tomyum kung has been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, along with the knowledge, skills, traditions and practices related to the production of kebaya traditional garments.

4 Thai fishermen have been released from detention in Myanmar after their boats were fired upon by Myanmar vessels for trespassing in Myanmar’s territorial waters. Thailand’s Foreign Ministry acknowledged that the boats strayed into Myanmar’s territorial waters and did not announce diplomatic countermeasures. Further investigation is underway.

Human rights lawyer and activist Anon Nampa now faces over 16 years in prison after he was found guilty of royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act for writing and posting a letter to King Vajiralongkorn on his public Facebook account on 8 November 2022.

After failing to settle on unsubmitted evidence regarding King Vajiralongkorn's travel documents, the Criminal Court has made the unprecedented decision to hold human rights lawyer Anon Nampa’s royal defamation trial in secret and prepared to charge him with contempt of court for opposing the Court’s decision.

Despite the Constitutional Court’s dismissal of a treason complaint filed against the Pheu Thai Party and its patriarch, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) says that it will continue its investigation into accusations against Pheu Thai.

Thais may now have to wait up to six months before the Referendum Act can be amended, after the joint committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives voted to retain the double majority requirement for referendums, and this may also delay the process of amending the Constitution.

Warunee (last name withheld), an online influencer charged with royal defamation, was released on Wednesday afternoon (27 November) after serving 1 year and 5 months of her prison sentence.

The Constitutional Court has dismissed a treason complaint filed against the ruling Pheu Thai Party and its patriarch, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, on the grounds that there is not enough evidence to prove that they committed treason.

The Medical Council of Thailand has filed a lawsuit in the Administrative Court against the National Health Security Office (NHSO) and the Pharmacy Council of Thailand over a new initiative which would allow those covered by the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) to get free medication for common illnesses from pharmacies.