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Lèse-majesté law

Thai Court Denies Bail for American Academic Accused of Defaming Monarchy
By Sebastian Strangio
Paul Chambers of Naresuan University, a leading academic authority on the Thai military, has been deemed a flight risk and imprisoned pending trial.

Prominent American Academic Accused of Defaming Thai Monarchy
By Sebastian Strangio
The Royal Thai Army has accused Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University in Phitsanulok, of violating the lese-majeste law and Computer Crime Act.

Thailand’s MFP Remains Defiant as Crucial Court Decision Looms
By Sebastian Strangio
The popular opposition party faces dissolution over its pledge to amend the country's severe lese-majeste law.

Former Thai PM Thaksin to be Charged With Royal Defamation
By Sebastian Strangio
The pact between Thaksin's camp and the royalist establishment, which allowed the former leader to return from self-exile last year, may be starting to fray.

Two More Thai Activists Sentenced to Prison on Lese-Majeste Charges
By Sebastian Strangio
Both were granted bail pending an appeal, following the recent death of a monarchy-reform activist in custody.

Thai Monarchy Reform Activist Dies in Custody After Months-Long Hunger Strike
By Sebastian Strangio
The death of Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom has drawn attention to the Thai government's cruel use of pretrial detention to silence peaceful critics of the monarchy.

Thai Court Announces Another Harsh Prison Sentence Under Royal Insult Law
By Sebastian Strangio
The 25-year jail term came just days after the Election Commission ordered the disbanding of a major opposition party for advocating the reform of the lese-majeste law.

Thai Activists Arrested After Royal Motorcade Confrontation
By Sebastian Strangio
The charges follow an incident over the weekend in which monarchy reform activists and ultra-royalists engaged in a public brawl in Bangkok.

Detained Former Thai PM on List of Eligible Parolees, Reports Say
By Sebastian Strangio
Thaksin Shinawatra's name is on a list of 930 elderly inmates, who have been approved for parole due to ill health.

2 Thai Journalists Arrested for Covering Anti-Monarchist Temple Vandalism
By Sebastian Strangio
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.

Detained Former Thai PM Could Face Royal Defamation Charge, Official Says
By Sebastian Strangio
Thaksin Shinawatra has been informed about a lese-majeste complaint claiming that he insulted the monarchy in a 2015 interview in South Korea.

Thai Activist Gets More Prison Time For Insulting King
By Sebastian Strangio
Arnon Nampa, a prominent leader of the mass protests of late 2020, faces 14 charges under the country's draconian lese-majeste law.
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