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  • Red Shirt protester acquitted in all cases related to 2014 protests after a year in detention

    Red Shirt protester acquitted in all cases related to 2014 protests after a year in detention

    Oct 31, 2025

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    Prachatai
    Prachatai

    A Red Shirt protester has been released after being acquitted in all five cases related to explosives during the 2014 Yellow Shirt protests.

  • Prachatai reporter, photojournalist indicted as principals for damaging a historic site

    Prachatai reporter, photojournalist indicted as principals for damaging a historic site

    Oct 22, 2025

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    Prachatai
    Prachatai

    Two Thai reporters, along with a pro-democracy activist, have been indicted as principals with regard to a 2023 incident where an activist sprayed graffiti onto the wall of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. They have been granted provisional bail pending trial.

  • Two activists sentenced to prison for royal defamation over APEC 2022 protest statement

    Two activists sentenced to prison for royal defamation over APEC 2022 protest statement

    Oct 1, 2025

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    Prachatai
    Prachatai

    Two pro-democracy activists have been convicted of royal defamation over a statement referring to the political situation which was delivered during the APEC 2022 protest.

  • Deaf people in crisis during three-month sign language center blackout

    Deaf people in crisis during three-month sign language center blackout

    Sep 18, 2025

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    Prachatai
    Prachatai

    For the past three months, the Thailand Telecommunication Relay Service, which provides online sign language interpretation services for people with hearing impairments, has been shut down due to delay in funding approval.

  • Finnish berry company CEO jailed for human trafficking over exploitation of Thai berry pickers

    Finnish berry company CEO jailed for human trafficking over exploitation of Thai berry pickers

    Sep 9, 2025

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    Prachatai
    Prachatai

    The District Court of Lapland has sentenced the CEO of a Finnish berry company to prison over 62 human trafficking cases involving Thai berry pickers.

  • As Thailand’s monarchy reform movement wanes, ultra-royalists turn on migrants

    As Thailand’s monarchy reform movement wanes, ultra-royalists turn on migrants

    Aug 25, 2025

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    Prachatai
    Prachatai

    The number of prejudiced posts against Cambodian and Myanmar people is growing on Thai social media, as ultra-nationalists turn away from pro-democracy movements and toward migrant laborers.

  • Refugees and Thai agencies address Hun Sen’s leaked audio on dissident crackdown in Thailand

    Refugees and Thai agencies address Hun Sen’s leaked audio on dissident crackdown in Thailand

    Jul 11, 2025

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    Prachatai
    Prachatai

    A Thai House Committee discusses security risks related to reportedly leaked call audio alleging that Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen ordered actions against refugees.

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