Overview

• The attorney-general overruled a police appeal this week and formally closed the royal insult prosecution on May 29, 2025.
• Chambers was arrested in April after the army’s Internal Security Operations Command filed a complaint over a webinar blurb he did not write.
• His Naresuan University position, work visa and passport were revoked following his arrest but his travel documents were returned before he left the country.
• Thailand’s lese-majeste law carries up to 15 years in prison and has been used to charge more than 280 people since 2020, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights.
• The U.S. State Department had raised alarms about his case, warning of broader free speech concerns over Thailand’s lese-majeste enforcement.