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Ministry to reclassify cannabis as narcotic by end of year
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 13/05/2024
» The government will put cannabis back on the narcotics list by the end of this year, according to Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin.
Reformist lawyer gets 2 more years in prison
Published on 29/04/2024
» The South Criminal Court sentenced a prominent jailed activist lawyer to an additional two years in prison on Monday, for lese majeste in comments during a speech he made at a 2021 protest, his lawyer said.
Anti-Thaksin group urges panel to probe travel plans
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 08/03/2024
» A group against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Friday vowed to petition the Ministry of Justice’s parole committee to examine whether Thaksin's planned visit to his hometown province of Chiang Mai later this month is evidence of his ineligibility to receive the parole granted to him on the grounds that he is old and "seriously ill".
Rally against Thaksin's release, warning of bigger protests
Online Reporters, Published on 12/02/2024
» A small group of protesters gathered outside the Justice Ministry on Monday opposing the expected release of Thaksin Shinawatra from prison without having spent a day behind bars.
Move Forward: Pita's PM candidacy intact
Post Reporters, Published on 06/02/2024
» The prime ministerial candidacy of Pita Limjaroenrat, chief adviser to the Move Forward Party, will remain intact even though he is facing a jail sentence, according to a spokesman for the main opposition party.
Pita now ineligible to be PM, according to academic
Published on 06/02/2024
» Move Forward Party prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat is disqualified from the premiership after a court gave him a suspended jail sentence for his role in a flash mob protest in Bangkok in 2019, according to a prominent law academic.
Suspended jail terms for Pita, Thanathorn over flash mob
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/02/2024
» Pathumwan District Court on Monday sentenced Pita Limjaroenrat, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and six others each to four months in prison, suspended for two years, over a flash mob protest in Pathumwan district in 2019.
Move Forward braces for key court ruling
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 31/01/2024
» Attention will once again be on a Constitutional Court ruling on Move Forward Party (MFP) affairs when on Wednesday the court passes judgement on whether the party's efforts to amend the lese majeste law are constitutional.
Activist gets 4 years for lese-majeste
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/01/2024
» The Criminal Court yesterday handed down a four-year jail term to activist and lawyer Arnon Nampa for violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese-majeste law, as well as the Computer Crime Act.
Supreme Court urged to probe Thaksin’s extended hospital care
Published on 14/01/2024
» A protest group has begun collecting signatures in a drive to persuade the Supreme Court to look into the national anti-graft agency’s delay in probing convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s extended hospital stay.