By Nat Scrivener |
<p>The recent rulings by the US Supreme Court have shown that letting nine judges decide the most important issues of the country can have a devastating impact. But how bad can it get? Thailand provides an ominous example: its right-wing judicial activism has paved the way for military coups and decades of political crisis. </p>
By Prachatai |
<p>On 17 May, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOT), activists held a rally for LGBTQ rights and called for marriage equality by rewriting the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the Thai marriage law.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>The Constitutional Court has denied a request to copy several documents used as evidence in the ruling that protesters’ calls for monarchy reform is treasonous, claiming national security, says <a href="https://tlhr2014.com/archives/38968">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).</a></p>
By Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF) |
By Anna Lawattanatrakul |
<p>Despite the Constitutional Court's ruling that only allowing marriage registration to heterosexual couple does not go against the Constitution, Thai activists are moving forward in their fight for marriage equality. </p>
By Prachatai |
<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>
By Prachatai |
<p>The Thai Constitutional Court ruled yesterday (17 November) that the current Thai marriage law, which states that marriage can only be contracted between a man and a woman, does not violate the Constitution.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>A man was arrested on Sunday (14 November) in Ubon Ratchathani and accused of hacking the Constitutional Court website following the Court’s ruling that speeches made by several protest leaders and subsequent calls for monarchy reform are treasonous.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>A protest on Sunday (14 November) against the Constitutional Court’s ruling that calls for monarchy reform constitute an attempt to overthrow the “democratic regime of government with the King as Head of State,” was met with police blockades and forced to relocate.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Following the Constitutional Court’s ruling that <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/9545">the call for monarchy reform is an attempt to overthrow the government</a>, human rights lawyer and protest leader Anon Nampa has written an open letter saying that the ruling has made rebels of those who fight for freedom and equality.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Following a Wednesday (10 November) Constitutional Court <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/9545">ruling</a> against public discussion of monarchy reform, the Court’s website was apparently hacked on Thursday (11 November) by an unidentified party, who renamed it “Kangaroo Court” and modified site content.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>The Constitutional Court ruled on 20 October that Paiboon Nititawan, who was elected as an MP from the now-dissolved People Reform Party and who moved to the Palang Pracharat Party (PPRP), may retain his party-list MP status.</p>