§112 prosecutions — the aggregate snapshot as of the TLHR April 2024 update

Thai Lawyers for Human Rights publishes the running total. 272 individuals charged across 303 separate cases since November 2020, with a 79% conviction rate and a cumulative sentence record of 50 years. A recap of where the numbers sit and what they imply structurally.

Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) publishes the most complete running tally of §112 prosecutions in Thailand. Their most-recent public update — April 2024 — gives the aggregate picture below.

The running tally

• Individuals charged since November 2020: 272
• Cases opened over the same window: 303 (some individuals appear in multiple cases)
• Conviction rate: approximately 79% (FIDH / TLHR analysis of 100 verdicts handed down between November 2021 and October 2023)
• Cumulative sentence record: 50 years — Mongkhon T., Court of Appeal, January 2024

Why the per-message stacking matters

§112 sentences run three to fifteen years per offence. Each offending statement counts as its own charge. There is no cap on cumulative totals. The Anchan Preelerd case — 29 messages, 87 years initial sentence, halved to 43.5 on a §78 useful confession — is the arithmetic laid bare.

The Section 112 page walks through the stacking mechanic in detail. The Simulator treats §112 as one of ten catalogued offences and runs the plead-or-max math on the base 15-year statutory maximum. The Comparator shows that no other jurisdiction in the site's comparator set — including regional peers with their own lèse-majesté statutes (Cambodia's 2018 Art 437bis: 1–5 years; Malaysia's Sedition Act 1948: 3 years first offence) — authorises 15 years per message stacked without ceiling.

What we still can't publish

The site does not maintain a per-case §112 chronology. iLaw and FIDH each publish trackers of individual cases; TLHR's own case pages give the fullest narrative. This site cites those trackers rather than reproducing them — partly because the editorial stance is aggregate, and partly because per-case data quality varies (initials versus full names; charge counts versus verdict counts; trial versus appellate outcomes). See the methodology page for the full exclusion policy.

Where the numbers get updated

LESE_MAJESTE in lib/justice-data.ts is the source of truth on this site for the running-total figures. When TLHR publishes a fresh cumulative update, those constants get refreshed and a new post lands here.