Fortify Rights has called on the Thai government to immediately withdraw a new bill on non-profit organizations being proposed by the Ministry of the Interior, which would grant the government significant control over non-profit organizations, from imposing mandatory registration requirements and reporting requirement on foreign funding to conducting unannounced searches on non-profit offices without a warrant.

A new report by the CIVICUS Monitor rates civic space in Thailand as 'repressed,' as the royal defamation law continues to be used to criminalise dissent and spyware has been used against activists. Protesters were also prosecuted and faced excessive force while concerns remain about a restrictive NGO bill. 

<p>65 human rights organizations published an <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/12/joint-letter-president-biden-re-thailands-abusive-draft-law-not-profit">open letter</a> addressed to US President Joe Biden on the new non-profit organization (NPO) bill, saying that the bill threatens Thai civil society and calling on the US to press the Thai authorities to immediately withdraw the bill.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Members of civil society organizations from across the country marched on the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security on 24 March to protest against the new non-profit organization bill, concerned that it would be used to restrict freedom of association in Thailand.</p>