The Appeal Court for Specialised Cases has upheld the decision not to release a political activist from a juvenile detention centre on a royal defamation charge following his participation in a 2021 protest.

After an almost two-week delay, the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) has not announced the certified results of the 26 June Senate election.

A noodle vendor has been indicted on a royal defamation charge for a speech about the royal motorcade budget given at a protest on 19 July 2022.

The Appeal Court has dismissed royal defamation and other charges against activist Noppasin Treelayapewat for allegedly spray-painting on an image of King Vajiralongkorn during the 2021 protest.

A 26-year-old art punk artist from Khon Kaen has been sentenced to 1 year in prison for spray-painting political messages onto the wall of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. He was later granted provisional bail with 50,000 baht as security.

Activist Nawat Liangwattana was denied bail on Tuesday (2 July) after the Criminal Court had an arrest warrant issued for him for missing an evidence examination hearing on Monday (1 July).

Five human rights organisations have issued a statement demanding that the Thai government investigate the fatal shooting of Roning Dolah, a Pattani-based activist working on rehabilitation support for torture survivors, and all other suspected cases of murder or extrajudicial killing.

Activist Jatupat Boonpattararaksa has refused a settlement in the lawsuit against the NSO Group, an Israeli company which developed the Pegasus spyware, after the NSO Group refused to admit that the spyware has been used in Thailand and instead offered to pay Jatupat on condition that he must not publish the settlement agreement.

Due to concerns about vote manipulation, senate candidates have called on the Election Commission (EC) to suspend the Senate election results and thoroughly review the qualifications of the newly elected senators.

Banks in at least seven countries, including Thailand, have been facilitating the Myanmar military junta’s weapons trade, says a new report released on Wednesday (26 June) by Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar.

After the fatal shooting of Roning Dolah, a Pattani-based activist working on rehabilitation support for torture survivors, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Thailand have called on the Thai government to investigate his death.