Three activists have been charged with royal defamation and sedition for reading a statement and giving a speech during a protest in November 2021 after a complaint was filed against them by an ultra-royalist group leader.

Student activist Thanatorn Vitayabenjang has been sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison on a royal defamation charge filed against him for reading a statement and giving a speech during a protest in August 2021.

Another royal defamation complaint has been filed against student activist Benja Apan for a speech given during a protest on 3 September 2021.

Activist Nawat Liangwattana has been sentenced to 1 years and 7 months in prison on a royal defamation charge for a speech given at a protest on 13 February 2021.

<p>Regular protest-goer Worawan Sae-aung has been found guilty of violating the Emergency Decree and indecent exposure for stripping in front of a line of crowd control police at a protest on 28 September 2021 to protest the use of violence to disperse protests. She received a total fine of 34,000 baht.</p>

<p>A 29-year-old activist in Chiang Rai has been sentenced to 28 years in prison on royal defamation charges resulting from a number of Facebook posts about the monarchy. The Chiang Rai Provincial Court found him guilty on 14 counts.</p>

<p>A food delivery rider has been found guilty and sentenced to prison on a royal defamation charge for allegedly attempting to burn a portrait of King Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida during a protest in July 2021. The court ruled that a portrait of the King is worth the same as the King&rsquo;s person.</p>

<p>29 people are now detained pending trial or pending appeal on charges relating to political expression, after activist Sinburi Saenkla was denied bail on Monday&nbsp;(8 August).</p>

<p>7 activists from the activist group Thalufah were denied bail on Tuesday (19 July), after the public prosecutor decided to indict them on charges relating to a protest at the Democrat Party headquarters on 30 July 2021.</p>

<p><a href="https://lawyersforlawyers.org/en/letter-to-thai-authorities-on-disbarment-proceedings-against-anon-nampha/?fbclid=IwAR3DGGTQDkT8RVG1--4DIJ5Zt4xwfr0YKDuocfZEC3VzQ13BFVDMzPFeLyU">Lawyers for Lawyers and The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)&nbsp;</a>expressed in an open letter their concerns about the disbarment proceedings against human rights lawyer Anon Nampa, which started following a complaint that Anon&#39;s part in the pro-democracy protests and monarchy reform movement&nbsp;violated the Lawyers Council of Thailand&rsquo;s disciplinary rules.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Khon Kaen Municipal Court has ruled that three students are guilty of violating the Flag Act for flying a &ldquo;monarchy reform&rdquo; flag in front of the former Khon Kaen University dean&rsquo;s office building.</p>