; Whereas, in January 2020, the opposition political party Future Forward was dissolved and banned on order of Thailand’s Constitutional Court following a flawed legal process premised on spurious charges; Whereas the Constitutional Court also ruled that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha did not violate a constitutional provision limiting him to 8 years in office, despite having remained in power since the August 2014 coup d’etat; Whereas the Government of Thailand has not made progress in its investigation of violent attacks against some democracy activists and the forced disappearances and killings of Thai political dissidents across Asia; Whereas, since February 2020, tens of thousands of protesters across Thailand, composed primarily of students and youth, have peacefully called for democratically elected government, constitutional reform, and respect for human rights; Whereas the Government of Thailand responded to these largely peaceful protests with repressive measures, including intimidation tactics, excessive use of force during protests, surveillance, harassment, arrests, violence, and imprisonment; Whereas, between 2020 and 2023, authorities of the Government of Thailand have filed criminal proceedings against more than 1,800 activists for participating in mass demonstrations and expressing their opinions, including more than 280 children, 41 of whom were younger than 15 years of age; Whereas reports published in July 2022 by nongovernmental organizations found that Thai authorities used Pegasus spyware against at least 30 prodemocracy activists and individuals who called for reforms to the monarchy, and against academics and human rights defenders who have publicly criticized the Government of Thailand; Whereas, in October 2022, the Government of Thailand abstained from a vote on a United Nations resolution to condemn Russia’s illegal and illegitimate annexation of 4 eastern regions of Ukraine