Progressive Movement

Opposition parties back activists’ demand for judicial reform

28 Jan 2023

6 opposition parties have issued a statement backing the call for the reform of the judicial system made by monarchy reform activists Tantawan Tuatulanon and Orawan Phuphong, who have been on a dry hunger strike since 18 January, but did not respond to their demand for political parties to back the repeal of the royal defamation and sedition laws.

MPs join Stand Against Detention protest

Prachatai

24 Jan 2023

MPs from the Move Forward Party (MFP) joined the protest in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) yesterday (23 January), which was called to demand the release of political prisoners.

Deep South history card game designer summoned by police

Prachatai

7 Dec 2022

The student who designed “Patani Colonial Territory,” a card game based on the history of colonization in the Deep South, is reported to have been summoned by the police, after the game was confiscated from a café in Yala by police and security officers.

A card game on Deep South history seized by police and soldiers

Prachatai

30 Nov 2022

Security officers raided a cafe in the Deep South of Thailand, seizing “Patani Colonial Territory”, a board game using a set of cards about the history of the colonisation of Patani by Siam. The authorities claimed the content ‘may be illegal’.

5 more anti-government politicians, activists attacked by Pegasus, says MP

Prachatai

22 Jul 2022

On the third day of the parliamentary no-confidence debate, a Move Forward Party MP has claimed 5 more victims of state-sponsored spyware attacks using Pegasus.

Thanathorn admits provincial election defeat

Prachatai

22 Dec 2020

The leader of the Progressive Movement admitted that none of his candidates won election to Chief Executive of any Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO). However, 57 of his candidates won election as PAO Council members in 20 provinces.

Police summoned military crackdown commemoration team, driver and rental companies included

4 Jul 2020

The Progressive Movement team that projected laser images and messages about past political violence on public buildings around Bangkok has been summoned for questioning after a Ministry of Defence complaint. A leading figure in the Movement fears legal harassment.