It’s 2021 but here’s a plot twist that happened as Thai authorities charged four democracy activists with royal defamation with the protest movement rocking the kingdom put on hold because of a spike in cases of coronavirus. In a major upsurge in Thailand’s use of its strict lese majeste laws since a youth-led protest movement began last July, a total …

A group of activists petitioned the Civil Court to revoke the emergency decree imposed to curb Covid-19 ‘s spread, saying it would affect their rights to public assembly by extending it until the end of this month. Nimit Thian-udom of the People Go network said on Ratchadaphisek Road that he had filed a complaint with the appeal. June 24 Democracy …