Posts Tagged ‘lèse majesté’

Australian writer jailed in Thailand receives royal pardon

February 23rd, 2009

Harry Nicolaides, the Australian author sentenced in January to three years in prison for defaming Thailand’s king in a little-known book published in 2005 flew back to Melbourne on the weekend of 21 January after receiving a royal pardon. The decision followed intensive lobbying by the Australian government. Read more here

Interview: Giles Ji Ungpakorn

February 9th, 2009

giles_ungpakorn1Giles Ji Ungpakorn is a refugee from Thailand’s lèse majesté laws. He spoke to Index on Censorship about the government and military’s campaign against dissent
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Ungpakorn flees Thailand

February 9th, 2009

Giles Ji Ungpakorn, who was charged with lèse majesté in January, fled Thailand for Britain over the weekend. (more…)

Thailand: criminalising dissent

January 26th, 2009

thai-kingThe crackdown on lèse majesté is intensifying as politics becomes polarised around the monarchy, says Sinfah Tunsarawuth

Action: sign the petition against Thailand’s lèse majesté prosecutions here
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Writer sentenced for lèse majesté

January 19th, 2009

Australian writer Harry Nicolaides has been sentenced to three years in prison in Thailand for insulting the king in his book Verisimilitude. Read more here

Thailand: academic calls for campaign to abolish lèse majesté

January 16th, 2009

Political scientist Ji Ungpakorn, a professor at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University and a prominent activist, has called for a campaign to abolish the country’s lèse majesté law. (more…)