Thai blogger sentenced to ten years

03 Apr 2009

Suwicha Thakhor, a Thai blogger, has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment after pleading guilt to lèse majesté charges. Thakhor is alleged to have posted anti-monarchy comments and pictures on his blog.

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  1. [...] of my speculation about whether the caricatures constitute seditious libel, a Thai blogger has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment after pleading guilty under Thailand’s ugly lèse-majesté laws – his crime was [...]

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