<p>On 25 December, the Criminal Court sentenced a student who threw paint at two portraits of King Vajiralongkorn to a 2,500 baht fine, 5,740 baht compensation, and 1 month in jail suspended for 1 year, says Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).</p>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>BANGKOK &nbsp;(3 &nbsp;September &nbsp;2014) &nbsp;--- The United Nations Human Rights Office for South &nbsp; East &nbsp; Asia &nbsp; (OHCHR) &nbsp; is &nbsp;seriously &nbsp;concerned &nbsp;about &nbsp;increasing restrictions &nbsp;on &nbsp;human &nbsp;rights &nbsp;defenders &nbsp;in &nbsp;exercising &nbsp;their rights to peaceful assembly and expression in Thailand.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On &nbsp; Tuesday, &nbsp; Thai &nbsp;Lawyers &nbsp;for &nbsp;Human &nbsp;Rights, &nbsp;a &nbsp;local &nbsp;human &nbsp;rights organization, &nbsp;announced the cancellation of an e </div>