Members of the general public and political figures gathered on Ratchadamnoen Road in memory of those who died during the 2010 crackdown on Red Shirt protests.  Fourteen years on, the victims have yet to receive justice.

During Srettha Thavisin’s 7-month tenure, political prosecutions, particularly for royal defamation, have remained an ongoing concern with no sign of improvement. Citizens and activists continue to be jailed for political expression and many have been denied their right to bail, says Thai Lawyers for Human Rights.

The Constitutional Court has dismissed a petition to dissolve the Pheu Thai Party over an alleged attempt to overthrow the democratic regime of government with the King as head of state.

Take a look back at the 14 May 2023 general election, now seen as a watershed event in Thai politics after the Move Forward party came out top of the poll and Pheu Thai polled second for the first time in its history. Many academics said that structural changes and and demands for a welfare state has become the new political normal. Meanwhile young working class voters no longer believe in the old political elite network, instead looking to politicians who offer inclusive policies that can provide them with long-term security.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has been elected as the new leader of the Pheu Thai Party.

While many young activists decided to run with the Move Forward Party in the 2023 general election, several others shifted their support towards the Pheu Thai Party, despite its policies not matching up with demands made by pro-democracy protesters since 2020. From doubts about Move Forward’s support of popular movements to lack of organization and patriarchy among the party’s ranks, three young activists open up on why they changed their minds.

The Move Forward Party emerged top of the poll in the 2023 election, winning in provinces that were once Pheu Thai strongholds. What made Pheu Thai supporters shift their allegiances? Three Red Shirt protesters tell us about why they now vote Move Forward.

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) issued a statement today (25 August) welcoming the appointment of Srettha Thavisin as Thailand's new Prime Minister and urging the new government to fulfill promise of change and pave the way for genuine democracy that respects rights of all.

Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted prime minister who returned from self-exile, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for convictions in 3 cases passed on him in absentia.

Tussanee Buranupakorn, a former Pheu Thai MP, announced her resignation from the party after Pheu Thai declared that Phalang Pracharath and United Thai Nations, two parties led by leaders of the 2014 coup, have joined the new government coalition.

The United Thai Nation Party (UTN), Prayut Cha-o-cha’s former party, has announced its readiness to join a Pheu Thai-led government.

Several groups of red-shirt taxi drivers protested at the Pheu Thai Party headquarters, expressing disagreement after the Bhumjaithai Party joined the Pheu Thai-led coalition.