One of Thailand's most prominent pro-democracy activists was handed another two years and eight months in prison for criticising the monarchy during a Harry Potter-themed protest. Arnon Nampa ...

Experts say the law has a chilling effect and has led to the detention, prosecution and punishment of more than 270 people ...

A royal command has been issued appointing four military officers as royal bodyguards. The Royal Gazette detailed the appointments.

BANGKOK--The role of the monarchy in Thailand is at the core of a looming deadlock that could tip Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy into crisis, with reformers once again vying to dislodge ...

Here’s an excerpt of his speech which was published by PEN International, a US-based freedom of expression advocacy group, in a booklet titled “The Monarchy and Thai Society.” Today, we are a ...

In 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of students took to the streets of the Thai capital ...

A global rights group has urged Thailand to put an end to the persecution of rights defenders for their criticism of the monarchy while calling for the unconditional release of a jailed rights ...

BANGKOK—A Thai man serving a record sentence for insulting the monarchy has been hit with three more charges, a rights group told AFP on Tuesday. Mongkol ...

Thailand’s monarchy is protected from criticism by a lèse-majesté law, with each offence punishable by up to 15 years in jail. Critics say the government has used the legislation to silence ...