<p>Two student activists were arrested this morning (14 January) while holding banners near the Chiang Mai University auditorium calling for graduates to boycott the graduation ceremony, presided over by Princess Sirindhorn, and for the repeal of Section 112.</p>

<p>A student at Prince of Songkla University&rsquo;s Hat Yai campus has been arrested on a royal defamation charge while receiving a Covid-19 vaccine at the university&rsquo;s vaccination centre.</p>

<p>78 people including minors, volunteer medics, and bystanders have been arrested following a clash between protesters and crowd control police on Saturday night (11 September).</p>

<p>At least 260 protesters have been arrested during pro-democracy protests in August 2021, 70 of whom are minors, say <a href="https://tlhr2014.com/archives/34093">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).</a></p>

<p>The public prosecutor has decided to indict 19 members of the We Volunteer protest guard group, who face charges after being arrested on 7 December 2020 while <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8955">clearing away razor wire left by the police at the Uruphong intersection.</a></p>

<p>Panadda Sirimasakul, member of the activist group Thalufah, was immediately re-arrested on Friday (27 August), after she was released from prison.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Members of the We Volunteer protest guard group filed a lawsuit at the Civil Court on 26 August against the Thai police for wrongful arrest, after they were arrested on 7 December 2020 while <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8955">clearing away razor wire left by the police at the uruphong intersection</a>.</p>

<p>A protest march organized by the activist group Thalufah was dispersed by crowd control police armed with tear gas and rubber bullets even before they left their starting point at the Victory Monument.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Criminal Court has once again denied bail for 7 activists detained on royal defamation charges under Section 112, one of whom is Parit Chiwarak, whose health is reported to be rapidly declining due to his hunger strike.</p>

<p>A police officer allegedly involved in the arrest of Prachatai reporter Kitti Pantapak during the crackdown on the 16 October 2020 Pathumwan intersection protest has claimed that he arrested Kitti because Kitti violated police orders by coming close to police lines, and that he was not able to distinguish Kitti from the protesters.</p>

<p>Mongkhon Thirakot, who was <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/9179">arrested</a> on Wednesday (14 April) on charges under the lèse majesté law and the Computer Crimes Act while on a hunger strike in front of the Criminal Court in Bangkok, has been granted bail after two days in detention.</p>