Ahead of today’s parliamentary debate on the amnesty bill for people facing political charges, the Network for People’s Amnesty, a network of civil society organizations, filed a petition to three political parties demanding that charges of royal defamation under Section 112 of the Criminal Code and harming the Queen or her liberty under Section 110 be included in the bill.

77 civil society organizations have petitioned for the President of the Supreme Court to grant bail to five protesters detained pending appeal over an incident on 14 October 2020, when they were accused of trying to block a royal motorcade on Phitsanulok Road during an anti-government protest.

Five protesters convicted for allegedly trying to block a royal motorcade on Phitsanulok Road during an anti-government protest on 14 October 2020 have been denied bail.

The Appeal Court has convicted five protesters accused of trying to block a royal motorcade on Phitsanulok Road during an anti-government protest on 14 October 2020, overturning a Criminal Court ruling find them not guilty.