Thai Opposition Members Face Possible Lifetime Ban from Politics

By Human Rights Watch

Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission summoned 44 politicians from the former Move Forward Party who were criminally indicted for sponsoring a bill in parliament to reform the abusive lèse-majesté (insulting the monarchy) law.If found guilty of “breaching ethical standards,” the opposition politicians could be banned from politics for life.The indictment follows Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruling in January 2024 that the Move Forward Party’s campaign to amend the lèse-majesté law, section 112 of the Criminal Code, amounted to high treason by attempting to abolish Thailand’s constitutional…

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