Two pro-democracy activists have been sentenced to prison for royal defamation over protest speeches they delivered in Chaiyaphum Province in 2021.

Former Prachatai editor-in-chief Tewarit Maneechai has been accused by the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) of running in the senate election while ineligible, after it claimed that he does not have 10 years of work experience in journalism.

Political prisoners held at the Bangkok Remand Prison and their friends and family have said that they are having a hard time staying connected after the prison shop suspended the sale of pens and the prison imposed a new regulation on detainees’ letters.

A 44-year-old man has been charged with royal defamation, sedition, and defamation by publication for commenting on a Facebook post made by activist Promsorn Veerathamjaree.

The Cross-Cultural Foundation (CrCF) has postponed the launch of a book on the disappearance of Thai activist in exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit after the executive board of a partner organisation expressed concern about publicly discussing Wanchalearm and managers of the launch venue banned content on the grounds that the venue has to remain ‘politically neutral.’

Overturning a previous conviction made by the Ratchaburi District Court, the Appeal Court has dismissed all charges against a 63-year-old woman who was dragged away by police officers after she protested during a visit by former Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to Ratchaburi Province in March 2023.

The Appeal Court has ruled to uphold an Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Court verdict dismissing a royal defamation charge against a mentally ill man charged for damaging portraits of the King displayed in front of Trakan Phuet Phon high school.

The Appeal Court has found Mongkhon Thirakot, a Chiang Rai-based activist and online clothes vendor, guilty of royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act and sentenced him to 4 years and 6 months in prison for two Facebook posts made in July 2022.

The Appeal Court has dismissed a royal defamation charge against a performance artist for staging a performance in front of Chiang Mai University in 2021 to demand the release of detained activists.

The Democrat Party has resolved to join the Pheu Thai-led government, ending a decades-long rivalry.

The caretaker cabinet has approved a draft Royal Decree on research criteria and ethics, which would result in the formation of committee to investigate academic research receiving government and public funding that violates “religious principles, culture, traditions, and good public morals.”

Pol Gen Sereepisuth Temeeyaves announced yesterday (29 August) that the Seri Ruam Thai Party has withdrawn from the Pheu Thai-led government coalition because he was not given any position in the government and threatened to release information about former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.