If you follow the top trending hashtags, it seems anti-monarchy sentiment is everywhere. Nonetheless, the pro-monarchy sentiment continues. Last week, in a video interview with Vogue Thailand regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, Princess Sirivannavari expressed her concerns for the well-being of the Thai people and gave the people encouragement. She alsoContinue Reading
Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak calls it “Letter of Freedom,” the first of others to come. He published the letter on 12 May, one day after his bail release. The following is a translation of the letter. “The 93-day imprisonment and 57-day hunger strike to protest against injustice are now over. Yesterday,Continue Reading
Over the weekend, #ย้ายประเทศกันเถอะ (let’s move countries) went viral. Group members are now north of 640,000 and still climbing. Twitter and Clubhouse are abuzz with banter about which country people would like to move to. Some reports said it started with Pepper Hananya, a young transgender person who faces SectionContinue Reading
There is no love like a mother’s love. There is no hurt like a mother’s hurt when she sees her child suffers, including suffering under injustice. Imprisoned pro-democracy activist Parit “Penguin” Chiwarak has been on a hunger strike for 46 days. According to his lawyer, his health is failing, butContinue Reading
“The court has been turned into a prison,” Anon Nampa said in court on 8 April. While Thailand is preoccupied mainly with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Songkran Holiday, let us not forget, there are those sitting in jail for the crime of demanding democracy. 21Continue Reading
It’s the proverbial “กลืนไม่เข้าคายไม่ออก” (“can’t swallow it, can’t spit it out”) situation for an international organization operating in a country like Thailand. On the one hand, you can’t do humanitarian work without collaboration from the local government. On the other hand, you fear the wrath of the local government ifContinue Reading
Today, 29 March, Section 112 (lese majeste) defendant Somyot Prueksakasemsuk asked the court to give him the death penalty. He reasoned that due to his age, 59, and the lengthy trial process for lese majeste charges, he’s likely to pass away before the verdict. Moreover, he said that his decisionContinue Reading
Panusaya is listed on the BBC’s 100 Women, announced on 23 November 2020. In 2021, she finds herself in prison, bail denied, and without a guilty verdict. Among the charges against her are Section 112, the lese majeste law, and Article 116, sedition. The 22-year-old student and pro-democracy activist hasContinue Reading
There are things considered sacred to a nation. Damaging these sacred things is criminalized by the law. Singer and pro-democracy activist Chaiamorn “Ammy” Kaewwiboonpan of The Bottom Blues faces several charges for his protest activities. The most controversial of which is Section 112, the lese majeste law, which carries threeContinue Reading
