The Appeal Court has upheld a guilty verdict against an online clothing vendor charged with royal defamation for sharing Facebook posts, sentencing him to 6 years in prison.

Mongkhon “Busbas” Thirakot, a Chiang Rai-based activist and online clothes vendor detained for royal defamation, has been transferred to Chiang Mai Prison without prior notice after 4 weeks of a hunger strike to demand the release of political prisoners.

A clothing vendor was arrested last Thursday (12 June) and charged with royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act over two Facebook posts, after a complaint was filed against him by members of an ultra-royalist group.

A 32-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison by the Appeal Court for an earlier royal defamation conviction after he burned the King’s portrait in 2021.

The Thai Attorney General has dropped a royal defamation charge against US academic Dr Paul Chambers, who was charged over a blurb on the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute’s website promoting a webinar. However, despite this, the charge has already jeopardised his work as a lecturer at Naresuan University, with his employment now terminated.

Human rights lawyer Anon Nampa has been sentenced to two years in prison for royal defamation related to a speech he delivered during a 2020 protest. He is currently facing a total of 24 years for royal defamation.

The Appeal Court has overturned a lower court ruling and found a 32-year-old man guilty of royal defamation for throwing paint at a portrait of King Vajiralongkorn at an expressway entrance in Nonthaburi’s Pak Kret District.

The Supreme Court has sentenced a 28-year-old man from Sa Kaeo province to one year and six months in prison on a royal defamation charge filed against him for commenting on a picture of King Vajiralongkorn posted in the monarchy reformist Facebook group Royalist Marketplace.

The public prosecutor has decided not to indict US academic Dr Paul Chambers on charges of royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act.

9 pro-democracy activists have been sentenced to two years and ten months in prison for trespassing and other charges resulting from a 2023 protest they staged in front of the Samran Rat Police Station to demand the release of a 15-year-old activist. They were later allowed bail.

The Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) has answered questions about its royal defamation complaint against the US academic Dr Paul Chambers over a blurb on the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute website.

A 27-year-old pro-democracy activist has been sentenced to two years in prison for royal defamation over a Facebook post made in 2022.