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Thai dissident jailed for two more years over royal defamation

One of Thailand's most prominent human rights activists was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday under the kingdom's royal defamation law, his fifth conviction on the controversial charges, a legal rights group said. Thailand has some of the world's strictest royal defamation laws, which shield King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his close family from criticism and which opponents say have …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Royal defamation in Thailand: Political and legal flashpoint

Hindustan Times

Over the past two decades, Thailand's political landscape has been characterised by significant turmoil and instability, marked by frequent changes in leadership, military coups, and contentious legal battles involving prominent political figures. The interplay of political power, legal controversies, and public dissent has created a complex and often volatile environment, reflecting the deep-rooted challenges in establishing a stable and democratic …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin is in trouble again as he’s indicted for royal defamation

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was indicted and arraigned Tuesday on a charge of defaming the country’s monarchy in one of several court cases that have rattled Thai politics. His case is just one of the several that have complicated Thai politics since the Pheu Thai government took office after the Senate — a conservative, military-appointed body …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for royal defamation, prosecutors say

Associated Press

BANGKOK — Thai prosecutors said Wednesday former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was freed on parole on other charges. The attorney general’s office scheduled a new appointment for Thaksin’s indictment on June 18, Prayuth said, adding that Thaksin will also be indicted for violating the Computer Crime Act. Thaksin’s return …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Former Thailand PM Thaksin Shinawatra to go on trial for royal insult

Al Jazeera

The case relates to an interview the billionaire politician gave to South Korean media while in self-imposed exile in 2015. Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who returned home last year after 15 years in exile, will go on trial next month on charges of insulting the monarchy. Prayuth Pecharakun, a spokesman for Thailand’s attorney general, said 74-year-old Thaksin would …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

A Thai court sentences an opposition lawmaker to 2 years in prison for defaming the monarchy

Associated Press

BANGKOK — A Thai court on Monday sentenced a lawmaker from a progressive opposition party to two years in prison after finding her guilty of defaming the monarchy in a speech she made during a protest rally three years ago. Chonthicha Jangrew of the Move Forward Party was greeted by several supporters when she arrived at the Thanyaburi Provincial Court …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Thai PM orders probe into death of activist in pre-trial detention

The Hindu

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin ordered an investigation on Wednesday into the death of a young political activist who died after she went on a partial hunger strike during pre-trial detention on charges including insulting the country's monarchy. Hundreds of people, including activists and opposition lawmakers, joined a candlelight vigil on Tuesday night for Netiporn "Bung" Sanesangkhom, 28, who died …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Thailand's Move Forward Party set to be disbanded over concerns lese majeste policy threatened monarchy

ABC

In short: Thailand's Election Commission has decided to ask the country's Constitutional Court to dissolve the political party Move Forward, which won the most seats at last year's general election. Thailand's Election Commission has decided to ask the country's Constitutional Court to dissolve the political party Move Forward, which won the most seats at last year's general election. Thailand's most …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Thai election authorities seek to dissolve poll-winning Move Forward Party

Al Jazeera

Election commission says reformist party’s bid to change lese-majeste law undermines governance system but MFP promises to ‘prove innocence’. Thailand’s election commission has taken action aimed at disbanding the Move Forward Party, a reformist party that finished first in last year’s election on a progressive platform. “We have no intention to overthrow the democratic system with the king as the …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

2 Thai Journalists Arrested for Covering Anti-Monarchist Temple Vandalism

The Diplomat

The pair were charged as “accomplices” to an incident last March in which an activist spray-painted an anti-royalist message inside Bangkok’s Grand Palace. Prachatai, an independent online newspaper, told the AFP news agency that its reporter Nuttaphol Meksobhon was arrested as an “accomplice” to the incident last March, in which a man spray-painted an anarchist symbol and the number 112 …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Thai court rules MFP bid to reform lese majeste law violates constitution

Al Jazeera

Constitutional Court says Move Forward Party proposal to amend royal defamation law amounted to attempt to ‘overthrow the monarchy’. The reformist Move Forward Party finished first in last year’s election on a progressive platform that included a proposal to amend the lese majeste law that outraged Thailand’s conservative elite. The court’s ruling could set a precedent for any future review …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Thai democracy activist sentenced to more jail time for ‘royal insults’

Al Jazeera

Lawyer Arnon Nampa is already serving a four-year sentence for comments about the monarchy made at a rally in 2020. A court in Thailand has sentenced a jailed activist and lawyer to four more years in prison for royal insults from a 2021 social media post, his lawyer said. Arnon Nampa, 39, was handed the four-year sentence on Wednesday in …

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1 year ago

A newly elected progressive Thai lawmaker is sentenced to 6 years for defaming the monarchy

Associated Press

BANGKOK — A court in Thailand convicted and sentenced a recently elected lawmaker Wednesday to six years in prison for defaming the monarchy under a controversial law that guards the royal institution. Human Rights Watch decried the ruling, saying it “violated her rights to freedom of expression protected under international human rights law.” Rukchanok Srinork arrived for her court hearing …

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1 year ago

Thai MP sentenced to six years for insulting monarchy

Al Jazeera

Move Forward Party MP Rukchanok Srinork, 29, was sentenced to prison time for posts deemed defamatory to the crown. A Thai activist-turned-lawmaker has been sentenced to six years in prison for insulting the country’s powerful monarchy on social media. Move Forward Party MP Rukchanok Srinork was sentenced on Wednesday over a series of posts that a judge deemed defamatory to …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Thailand's new government has dashed hopes for reform of the country's lese-majeste law — but experts say it's only a temporary setback

ABC

The conviction and sentencing of a human rights lawyer and activist last week under Thailand's lese-majeste law — the first since the country's new government took office — has left those pushing for reform of the law dismayed. Mr Akarachai said the lese-majeste law did not even get a mention in new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's policy statement delivered last …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Prominent Thai human rights lawyer accused of insulting the king receives a 4-year prison term

Associated Press

BANGKOK — A prominent Thai human rights lawyer was convicted on Tuesday of insulting the monarchy and sentenced to four years in prison, the first conviction under a controversial law guarding the royal institution since a civilian government took office after years of military-backed rule. Arnon, 39, still faces 13 more cases under the lese majeste law, which makes insulting …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Activist who called for royal reform jailed for four years in Thailand

Al Jazeera

Anon Nampa was arrested in 2020 after making the call for change during mass anti-government protests. A court in Thailand has jailed activist and lawyer Anon Nampa for four years after he made a taboo-breaking call for royal reform during protests three years ago. On Tuesday, Bangkok’s Criminal Court also imposed a fine of 20,000 Thai baht on Anon for …

Thai Thailand Anon Royal Reform

1 year, 7 months ago

Thai teen detained for ‘insulting’ monarchy released after 50 days

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Thanalop “Yok” Phalanchai was arrested on 28 March for …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Thailand's Move Forward Party confident of more support to form government

The Hindu

The leader of the progressive Move Forward Party that secured a stunning victory in Thailand's election this week said on May 18 he was confident of building more support and being able form a stable and balanced government. Speaking at a press conference as part of an alliance of eight parties with about 313 of the 500 lower house seats, …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Pita Limjaroenrat | Leading Thailand's political earthquake

The Hindu

Few tipped him seriously as a likely Prime Minister, but Thai opposition leader Pita Limjaroenrat looks set to play a major role after voters rejected almost a decade of army-backed rule. With most of the votes from Sunday's polls counted, Mr. Pita's radical Move Forward Party was leading the popular vote ahead of the more established opposition Pheu Thai party. …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Two Cambodian opposition figures arrested for insulting king under lese majeste law

ABC

Two Cambodian opposition figures have been charged under the country's rarely used lese majeste law with insulting the king for posts made on social media about a photograph of the king and the prime minister. Key points: A judge at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged Yim Sinorn and Hun Kosal with insulting the king and incitement to cause serious …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Yellow duck calendars land Thai man jail term for insulting monarchy

The Hindu

A political activist arrested in Thailand for selling satirical calendars featuring yellow ducks has been sentenced to two years in prison for insulting King Maha Vajiralongkorn, a legal assistance group said on Thursday. The yellow rubber duck is a symbol of an anti-government protest movement that in 2020 launched an unprecedented bid to try to reform the monarchy in Thailand, …

Law Thai Thailand

1 year, 9 months ago

Thai man who sold calendars with yellow ducks jailed for mocking the monarchy

ABC

A Thai man has been sentenced to two years in prison for selling calendars featuring satirical cartoons of yellow ducks that a court said mocked the country's monarch. Key points: The court ruled the calendar containing pictures of yellow ducks in poses resembled and ridiculed Thailand's king Human Rights Watch called for Thai authorities to quash the sentence and release …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Rap against dictatorship In Thailand | Close Up

Al Jazeera

Thai rapper Elevenfinger fights for Thailand’s protest movement in an attempt to bring reform to the country. “I rap about poverty and inequality so the outside world understands our hardships”, says 21-year-old Thai rapper Elevenfinger. The young musician from Klong Toey, Thailand’s largest slum, has risen to fame through his hard-hitting rap music exposing the inner grit of slum life …

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Thai dissident jailed for two more years over royal defamation

Royal defamation in Thailand: Political and legal flashpoint

Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin is in trouble again as he’s indicted for royal defamation

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for royal defamation, prosecutors say

Former Thailand PM Thaksin Shinawatra to go on trial for royal insult

A Thai court sentences an opposition lawmaker to 2 years in prison for defaming the monarchy

Thai PM orders probe into death of activist in pre-trial detention

Thailand's Move Forward Party set to be disbanded over concerns lese majeste policy threatened monarchy

Thai election authorities seek to dissolve poll-winning Move Forward Party

2 Thai Journalists Arrested for Covering Anti-Monarchist Temple Vandalism

Thai court rules MFP bid to reform lese majeste law violates constitution

Thai democracy activist sentenced to more jail time for ‘royal insults’

A newly elected progressive Thai lawmaker is sentenced to 6 years for defaming the monarchy

Thai MP sentenced to six years for insulting monarchy

Thailand's new government has dashed hopes for reform of the country's lese-majeste law — but experts say it's only a temporary setback

Prominent Thai human rights lawyer accused of insulting the king receives a 4-year prison term

Activist who called for royal reform jailed for four years in Thailand

Thai teen detained for ‘insulting’ monarchy released after 50 days

Thailand's Move Forward Party confident of more support to form government

Pita Limjaroenrat | Leading Thailand's political earthquake

Two Cambodian opposition figures arrested for insulting king under lese majeste law

Yellow duck calendars land Thai man jail term for insulting monarchy

Thai man who sold calendars with yellow ducks jailed for mocking the monarchy

Rap against dictatorship In Thailand | Close Up