<p>The Chiang Mai University (CMU) Student Union <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CMUSUPolicyTeam/photos/a.111035451329390/140195798413355">announced</a> on Tuesday&nbsp;(11 January) that its representatives will not receive members of the royal family at the university&rsquo;s graduation ceremonies during the current committee&rsquo;s term in order to uphold equality.</p>

<p>A year and a half after the protest at the Democracy Monument on 18 July 2020, the youth-led protests have expanded into a popular movement including issues from labour rights and gender equality to religious reform and monarchy reform.</p>

<p>The Student Government of Chulalongkorn University (SGCU) has proposed that 6 October of every year be designated the International Day for the Protection of Students&rsquo; Freedom of Expression.</p>

<p>Meet &ldquo;Artn&rsquo;t,&quot; a group of Chiang Mai-based artists and students using art as a tool of resistance and a challenge against the status quo.</p>

<p>The Criminal Court has revoked bail for activist Parit &ldquo;Penguin&rdquo; Chiwarak on charges relating to the 19 September 2020 protest, while the Thanyaburi Provincial Court denied him and 8 other activists bail on charges relating to the 2 August 2021 protest.</p>

<p>A year after the <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8696">Harry Potter-themed protest at the Democracy Monument</a>, which was the first protest in 2020 to address issues of the monarchy, people gathered in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) to once again call for monarchy reform.</p>

<p>The public prosecutor decided today (22 July) to indict 13 protesters facing lèse majesté and sedition charges for their involvement in the 26 October 2020 protest in front of the German Embassy in Bangkok.</p>

<p>Student activist Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, who has been detained pending trial on a royal defamation charge, has been granted bail, while Siraphop Phumphuengphut, another student activist, has been denied bail and detained pending trial.</p>

<p>Sureerat Chiwarak, mother of detained student activist Parit &ldquo;Penguin&rdquo; Chiwarak, shaved her head yesterday (30 April) to protest against the court&rsquo;s decision to repeatedly deny bail for her son, whose health is reported to be rapidly declining after being on a hunger strike for the past 46 days.</p>

<p>Student activist Wanwalee Thammasattaya has been detained pending trial on a royal defamation charge relating to a protest on 6 December 2020</p>

<p>Mongkhon Thirakot, who was <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/9179">arrested</a> on Wednesday (14 April) on charges under the lèse majesté law and the Computer Crimes Act while on a hunger strike in front of the Criminal Court in Bangkok, has been granted bail after two days in detention.</p>

<p>A man who has been on hunger strike in front of the Criminal Court for the past three days to demand the release of detained activists has been arrested on charges under the lèse majesté law and the Computer Crimes Act.</p>