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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 …
