<p>An online news agency is filing a fresh court challenge aimed at reining in the police&rsquo;s documented aggression against members of the press. &nbsp;The 18 November crackdown on anti-government demonstrators saw a reporter on the ground being beaten and a bottle hurled at a photographer&rsquo;s face from the direction of the police.</p>

<p>On Friday (18 November), several reporters were injured and a citizen journalist was assaulted and arrested during&nbsp;a violent dispersal of a protest march&nbsp;that was heading towards the APEC meeting at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre (QSNCC).</p>

<p>Among the 33 people injured during the clashes between crowd control police and protesters marching to the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre on Friday (18 November), one was shot in the eye with a rubber bullet and is now very likely to go blind.&nbsp;</p>

<p>A gathering took place in the Siam shopping district on Monday (16 October) on the 2nd anniversary of <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8849">the 16 october 2020 crackdown on the protest at Pathumwan intersection</a>. The gathering called for an amnesty for all who face charges for participating in political protests.</p>

<p>Community rights and indigenous rights activists in Chiang Mai were blocked by crowd control police today (24 August) during their march to submit a petition to an APEC leaders meeting at the Le Meridien Hotel.</p>

<p>He worked for the current Bangkok governor and was photographed with an ousted Thai premier and a current Phnom Penh deputy governor. Missing since 2020, Wanchalearm Satsaksit also helped other Thai dissidents flee to Cambodia. But his associates have sought to erase all ties.</p>

<p>On Sunday (10 April), a memorial event took place at the 14 October 1973 Memorial on Ratchadamnoen Road in memory of those who died during the 10 April 2010 crackdown on Red Shirt protests, during which the military deployed live rounds against protesters gathering in the Ratchadamnoen area, resulting in the death of 26 people.</p>

<p>The sister of a man who died after being paralyzed by a shot in the head with a rubber bullet has filed a complaint with the police calling for an investigation into her brother&rsquo;s death.</p>

<p>A 64-year-old man who was shot in the head with a rubber bullet during police dispersal of a protest at the Din Daeng Intersection on 15 August 2021 has died after being paralyzed by his injury.</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>Three activists, one a 17 year old, were arrested on Tuesday night (28 December) for holding up banners with the message &ldquo;abolish Section 112&rdquo; at Wongwian Yai, where a crowd of people were waiting to see King Vajiralongkorn and his entourage.</p>