Six activists have faced the charges under the Public Assembly and Road Traffic acts after demanding police responsibility for the APEC protest crackdown that cost one activist an eye.

A group of activists have filed a lawsuit with the Administrative Court against the police over the violent dispersal of a protest on 18 November 2022, demanding a court order prohibiting the use of excessive force to disperse protests, as well as 12 million baht in damages.

The crackdown on the 18 November 2022 protest march against the government under Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha and its pro-corporation economic policies was a violation of press freedom and the right to peaceful assembly, as several protesters and members of the press were injured, says the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

<p>The Civil Court has agreed to summon police representatives to testify on the crackdown on the <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/10104">18 November anti-government protest</a>, which left at least 4 reporters injured.</p>

<p>The activist group Thalufah staged a protest in front of the police headquarters yesterday (24 November) to demand that the police take responsibility for the violent crackdown on the 18 November anti-government protest march, which left many protesters injured and cost one activist his eye.</p>

<p>Activists and protesters have filed a complaint against crowd control police for the <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/10104">violent dispersal of the 18 November anti-government protest march</a> which left many injured and led to the arrest of 25 people.&nbsp;</p>

<p>An online news agency is filing a fresh court challenge aimed at reining in the police&rsquo;s documented aggression against members of the press. &nbsp;The 18 November crackdown on anti-government demonstrators saw a reporter on the ground being beaten and a bottle hurled at a photographer&rsquo;s face from the direction of the police.</p>

<p>On Friday (18 November), several reporters were injured and a citizen journalist was assaulted and arrested during&nbsp;a violent dispersal of a protest march&nbsp;that was heading towards the APEC meeting at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC).</p>

<p>Among the 33 people injured during the clashes between crowd control police and protesters marching to the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre on Friday (18 November), one was shot in the eye with a rubber bullet and is now very likely to go blind.&nbsp;</p>

<p>25 people were arrested on Friday (18 November) after crowd control police forcibly dispersed protesters marching to the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC), the venue of the APEC Economic Leaders&rsquo; Meeting, to protest the government under Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha and its pro-corporation economic models.</p>

<p>Community rights and indigenous rights activists in Chiang Mai were blocked by crowd control police today (24 August) during their march to submit a petition to an APEC leaders meeting at the Le Meridien Hotel.</p>