<p>The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has warned the media against reporting on calls for monarchy reform after the Constitutional Court ruled that such messages are treasonous.</p>

<p>A student at Prince of Songkla University&rsquo;s Hat Yai campus has been arrested on a royal defamation charge while receiving a Covid-19 vaccine at the university&rsquo;s vaccination centre.</p>

<p>A flashmob took place in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) on Saturday (20 November) to demand the right to bail for activists detained pending trial on charges related to participation in pro-democracy protests.&nbsp;</p>

<p>When protesters and members of the public again raised the issue of amending the lèse majesté law in November, political parties and affiliated think tanks responded in different ways.</p>

<p>Student activist Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul has been denied bail on a royal defamation charge relating to a protest on 20 December 2020, in which activists wore crop tops at Siam Paragon shopping mall to campaign for the repeal of the royal defamation law.</p>

<p>On 11 November, 4 people were arrested for attaching a &ldquo;Reform does not equal overthrow&rdquo; sign and a &ldquo;Repeal 112&rdquo; sign to the shop door of Sirivannavari Siam Paragon.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The royal defamation law reflects Thai society and is needed to protect the monarchy and national security, said Minister of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Thani Thongphakdi at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session on Wednesday (10 November).</p>

<p><span><span><span>The online petition to repeal the royal defamation law, or Section 112 of the Thai Criminal Code, has received over 100,000 signatures within 24 hours of its launch.</span></span></span></p>

<p>Sirapat Deesawat, a Nonthaburi man charged with royal defamation for removing a gold-framed King Vajiralongkorn portrait from a housing estate entrance last August, may be tried in a closed-door session.</p>

<p>On 31 October, a protest was held by the Ratsadon group at Bangkok&rsquo;s Ratchaprasong Intersection to demand that the royal defamation law be abolished and those held for violating it be freed.</p>

<p>The public prosecutor has decided to indict Noppasin Treelayapewat, 16, who was charged with royal defamation for participating in a &ldquo;fashion show&rdquo; during a pro-democracy protest on Silom Road on 29 October 2020.</p>

<p>Activists and people affected by the royal defamation law, or Section 112 of the Thai Criminal Code, went to parliament yesterday (27 October) to submit a petition to the House Committee on Legal Affairs, Justice, and Human Rights for the repeal of Section 112.</p>