<p>Yesterday (18 October), 70 Future Forward Party (FFP) MPs voted not to approve the Emergency Decree to transfer the control of two infantry regiments to King Vajiralongkorn, going against the rest of parliament, including their opposition allies.</p>

<p>A team of lawyers from NSP Legal Office, together with the Foundation for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Rights and Justice (For-SOGI), is preparing to file a request with the Constitutional Court of Thailand to rule whether Article 1448 of the Civil and Commercial Code, the law which governs marriage, is in contradiction to Section 27 of the 2017 Constitution.</p>

<p><span>The judicial establishment and extreme right wing have tried to belittle a judge&rsquo;s suicide attempt, but his 25-page verdict has kick-started a campaign for reform of the judiciary.&nbsp;</span></p>

<p>Political activist Karn Pongpraphapan was arrested last night (7 October) by the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD), after an arrest warrant was issued for a violation of Article 14 of the Computer-related Crime Act, said Winyat Chatmontree, Karn&rsquo;s attorney and the Secretary General of the United Lawyers for Rights and Liberty.</p>

<p>The hashtag&nbsp;#royalmotorcade&nbsp;has soared on Twitter despite legal restrictions on criticism of the royal family as concerned citizens reported traffic problems caused by a royal motorcade. A twitter user has faced threats over their comments and an activist received a threatening message claimed to be sent by the Palace, but an official at the Bureau of Royal Household&nbsp;said it was unlikely to be from there.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Philippines-based online news agency Rappler was announced as one of the two winners in the large outlet category of the 2019 Global Shining Light Awards on Saturday night (28 September) for their story &ldquo;<a href="https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/tondo-vigilante-gang-war-on-drugs-series-part-one">Murder in Manila</a>&rdquo;.</p>

<p>Ministry of Interior has dismissed an appeal to nominate Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal to be Amnesty&#39;s Board Member. Amnesty will file a lawsuit, but the student activist fears that&nbsp;when he&nbsp;get the position back, his&nbsp;term will already be over.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul,&nbsp;a prominent activist, is suffering from terminal cancer. To raise funds for her, Friends of Da said donations can now be made on <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=homepage_norma/search&amp;term=Da%20Torpedo">GoFundMe</a>.</p>

<p>&lsquo;Somsak&rsquo;s Work&rsquo;, one of Somsak Jeamteerasakul&rsquo;s blogs, has been banned intermittently in Thailand. The access has returned to normal for some users, but others said the blog remained inaccessible.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Kanya Theerawut, mother of missing political refugee Siam Theerawut, said at the ASEAN Peoples&rsquo; Forum (APF) on Thursday (12 September) that the Rights and Liberties Protection Department (RLPD) told her not to take her son&rsquo;s case to the UN, as it could ruin the country&rsquo;s image.&nbsp;</p>