A network of former Thai berry pickers has urged the government to suspend sending Thai workers to work as berry pickers in Sweden and Finland due to a pending investigation on a human trafficking case.

A 53-year-old man has been sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison for royal defamation over his Facebook posts questioning the monarchy’s tax spending.

Thai civil society organisations have urged the government to boycott Myanmar military’s oil and gas enterprises in light of the weapons trade scandal.

The Court of Appeal for Specialized Cases on Wednesday (24 July) found Bell (pseudonym), a 20-year-old student activist, guilty of royal defamation for posts made on the Facebook group of local activist groups in November 2020 and gave him a 1 year and 6 month suspended prison sentence.

Human Rights lawyer Anon Nampa was found guilty yesterday (25 July) of royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act for two Facebook posts made in January and February 2021 criticizing the King’s exercise of power, bringing his cumulative prison sentence for royal defamation to over 14 years.

Last week, the Service Worker in Group (SWING) Foundation submitted a proposal backed by 14,484 voters for the repeal of the 1996 Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act to pave the way for the protection of sex workers in Thailand.

Activists in Chiang Mai have filed petitions addressed to the President of the Supreme Court, the Region 5 Chief Justice, and the Move Forward Party calling for bail for political prisoners detained for royal defamation.

Activist Shinawat Chankrajang has been sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison over a royal defamation charge related to a speech he gave about the King’s property during a protest. The case is his 8th royal defamation charge and he is currently facing a total of 15 years and 24 months in prison.

On 14 August, the Constitutional Court will deliver its verdict on a petition seeking the dismissal of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for appointing a person with a criminal record to a cabinet position.

Former Buriram Governor Mongkol Surasatja was elected the President of the Senate yesterday (23 July) in the first session of the new Senate.

Dozens of Thai workers have attempted to abscond to Finland to collect wild berries even though the Thai government has suspended the Thai berry pickers quota due to claims of human trafficking.

12 activists who staged a protest during the November 2022 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week to express opposition to the One China policy and show support for Hong Kong independence have been found guilty and fined.