Activist-turned-People’s Party MP Piyarat Chongthep has been acquitted of a royal defamation charge over putting up banners criticising the government’s Covid-19 vaccine procurement.

The Appeal Court has sentenced an activist to prison for royal defamation over a protest speech in Chiang Mai province in 2021.

Thailand is set to introduce an amnesty bill for politically motivated cases aimed at unravelling two decades of political conflict, but this has fuelled another heated debate, particularly on royal defamation cases, which several political parties want excluded from amnesty.

A 29-year-old pro-democracy activist has been given a 3-year suspended sentence in prison after being charged with royal defamation for posting a drawing of King Vajiralongkorn on social media.

A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for royal defamation over a 2021 post on X (formerly Twitter) about King Vajiralongkorn. He was later given a one-year suspended sentence on the grounds that he had never participated in any political protests.

The Supreme Court has denied bail for an activist charged with royal defamation for wearing a shirt with the message “I have lost faith in the monarchy,” and sentenced him to six years in prison.

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.