Student activist Benja Apan has been sentenced to prison with a two-year suspension for a royal defamation charge resulting from a speech she gave during a protest on 10 August 2021.

The Ratchadapisek Criminal Court has found three activists guilty of insult of court and sentenced them to prison for speeches given during a protest in April 2021 to demand the release of political prisoners.

Another royal defamation complaint has been filed against student activist Benja Apan for a speech given during a protest on 3 September 2021.

<p>Student activist Benja Apan was granted bail today (14 January) by the South Bangkok Criminal Court after spending 99 days in prison and having been previously repeatedly denied bail.</p>

<p>Student activist Nutchanon Pairoj has been sentenced to 2 months in prison on a contempt of court change relating to a <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/9218">protest in front of the Ratchadaphisek Criminal Court on 30 April 2021</a> to demand the release of detained student activist Parit Chiwarak.</p>

<p>Student activists Benja Apan and Nutchanon Pairoj have been sentenced to jail on contempt of court charges stemming from <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/9213">a protest at the Ratchadapisek Criminal Court on 29 April 2021</a> to demand the release of detained activists.</p>

<p>Student activist Benja Apan has been denied bail for a third time yesterday (21 October), after she was arrested on 7 October 2021 on a lèse majesté charge in connection with&nbsp;<a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/9393">the 10 August 2021 protest</a>.</p>

<p>Student activist Benja Apan was arrested yesterday (7 October) on a lèse majesté charge in connection with <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/9393">the 10 August 2021 protest</a>&nbsp;and has been denied bail.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On Friday morning (17 September), police officers raided the house of members of the student activist group United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration (UFTD), confiscating mobile phones and computers and arresting one person.</p>

<p>The Criminal Court has once again denied bail for 7 activists detained on royal defamation charges under Section 112, one of whom is Parit Chiwarak, whose health is reported to be rapidly declining due to his hunger strike.</p>

<p>Student activist Benja Apan and 2 other activists from the student activist group United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration went to the Iconsiam shopping mall on the afternoon of 19 January holding signs saying &ldquo;Monopolizing the vaccine to give the spotlight to the monarchy&rdquo;</p>