News
30 Aug 2023
The Move Forward Party (MFP) has confirmed that its MP candidate for the by-election in Rayong Province remains qualified for the election after he was accused of tax evasion and embezzlement.
29 Aug 2023
Members of the ultra-royalist Thai Pakdee Party have submitted a letter to the Office of the Attorney General and the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD), urging them to expedite the arrest and prosecution of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a lese majeste and Computer Crime-related case.
29 Aug 2023
Two students from Chiang Mai University (CMU) have been found guilty of royal defamation and violation of the 1979 Flag Act for an art installation piece exhibited at an event in March 2021.
26 Aug 2023
Sondhi Limthongkul is suing Prachatai and its editor-in-chief for defamation, alleging that Prachatai distorted his words, leading its readers to misunderstand that he supported a coup. He stated that coups are not legitimate and he has never endorsed one.
25 Aug 2023
A 27-year-old man from Bangkok is facing a royal defamation complaint filed against him with the police in Songkhla over a tweet from 2021.
24 Aug 2023
The Kamphaeng Phet Provincial Court has indicted a 31-year-old man on a royal defamation charge for his Facebook posts in 2021.
24 Aug 2023
Three years after a group of villagers from the Bang Kloi indigenous Karen community were prosecuted for returning to their ancestral land in the Kaeng Krachan forest, the community is calling on the new government to help them return to the original location of their village at Chai Phaen Din, from which they were evicted over 20 years ago.
24 Aug 2023
Activist Sopon Surariddhidhamrong has been sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison for a speech during a 22 April 2022 protest in which the court claimed he insulted Queen Suthida.
24 Aug 2023
A 74-year-old woman has been charged with royal defamation for a speech she gave during a protest on 26 July 2023 at Thammasat University, following attempts to bar Move Forward Party candidate Pita Limjaroenrat from becoming prime minister.
23 Aug 2023
The campaign to petition for a constitutional amendment referendum faces potential delay as the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) told the the People’s Constitution Drafting Group, just hours after the petition gained the required number of signatures, that online forms will not be accepted and all 50,000 must be collected on paper.
23 Aug 2023
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been transferred from prison to a hospital due to concerns over his high blood pressure and low blood oxygen level after being sent to jail for convictions in criminal cases.
23 Aug 2023
The Criminal Court has sentenced Prinn Panichpakdi, the former deputy leader of the Democrat Party, to 2 years and 8 months of imprisonment without parole for sexually assaulting an 18-year-old female university student at a restaurant and later at his apartment, according to the Office of the Attorney General’s Deputy Spokesman, Kosolwat Intuchanyong.