Thailand remains on the CIVICUS Monitor's human rights watchlist following a series of alarming developments, including the dissolution of the Move Forward Party and the continued prosecution of activists under the royal defamation law.

Two pro-democracy activists have been sentenced to prison for royal defamation over protest speeches they delivered in Chaiyaphum Province in 2021.

A 44-year-old man has been charged with royal defamation, sedition, and defamation by publication for commenting on a Facebook post made by activist Promsorn Veerathamjaree.

The Appeal Court has ruled to uphold an Ubon Ratchathani Provincial Court verdict dismissing a royal defamation charge against a mentally ill man charged for damaging portraits of the King displayed in front of Trakan Phuet Phon high school.

The Appeal Court has found Mongkhon Thirakot, a Chiang Rai-based activist and online clothes vendor, guilty of royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act and sentenced him to 4 years and 6 months in prison for two Facebook posts made in July 2022.

The Appeal Court has dismissed a royal defamation charge against a performance artist for staging a performance in front of Chiang Mai University in 2021 to demand the release of detained activists.

A graduate student has been sentenced to three years in prison, with a 2-year suspension, for royal defamation over distributing books containing protest speeches related to monarchy reform in 2021.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (28 August) dismissed a royal defamation charge filed against a mentally ill woman for social media posts about members of the royal family, but found her guilty of violation of the Computer Crimes Act and gave her a suspended sentence of 2 years in prison.

A 33-year-old protester has been sentenced to approximately 12 years without parole for 8 Facebook posts in 2022.

Following the dissolution of the Move Forward Party (MFP) for campaigning to amend the royal defamation law, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) condemned the ruling as undemocratic and raised concerns that the ruling could prevent the political system from adapting and responding to change in society.

Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has pleaded not guilty to a royal defamation charge filed against him for an interview with a South Korean news outlet in 2015, while his lawyer said that the video clip used as evidence was not the original.

The Appeal Court has sentenced a protester to two years in prison for royal defamation over wearing Thai traditional dress at a mock fashion show during a protest in 2020.