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Royal imposter loses appeal against prison term
Post Reporters, Published on 19/08/2024
» The Appeal Court has upheld the two-year prison term given to a woman activist found guilty of dressing up and acting like HM the Queen during a demonstration in 2020.
Motorcade protest duo get bail 105 days after arrest
Published on 28/05/2024
» The Criminal Court has granted bail to two activists charged with sedition and other offences arising from an incident at a royal motorcade in February.
Activist Panupong gets 3 years for lese majeste
Online Reporters, Published on 08/05/2024
» Political activist Panupong Jadnok has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges of violating the lese majeste law and Computer Crimes Act, and a warrant issued for his arrest after he failed to appear in court for sentencing.
Memes of dissent
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/08/2023
» It is not as whimsical as it seems. After the onset of the largest pro-democracy movement since the military coup in 2014, university and high school students cuddled hamster dolls and ran around in circles. "Delicious tax!", hundreds of them sang, from a cartoon jingle at Democracy Monument in late July 2020. Crowdsourced from a social media platform, Hamtaro, a shorthand for caged mice demanding freedom, spawned many internet memes, including a greedy caricature of junta leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Pita's PM hopes hang on a miracle
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/07/2023
» Judgement day for Pita Limjaroenrat's quest to become Thailand's 30th prime minister has been set for July 13, 19 and 20. The event is significant because, if Mr Pita is selected, Thailand may see unprecedented changes in the next four years if the campaign policies promised by the Move Forward Party are implemented, partially if not in their entirety.
MFP urged not to back down on S112
Post Reporters, Published on 07/07/2023
» The Move Forward Party (MFP) must not back down on its push to amend the lese-majeste law, reform the armed forces and pardon those indicted for expressing political opinions, otherwise it will lose mass support, says human rights lawyer Anon Nampa.
Handling the purse
News, Postbag, Published on 24/05/2023
» Re: "MFP needs solid team", (Editorial, May 22).
Giving evidence
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 20/03/2023
» Under authoritarian rule, truths are silenced, censored and mutilated. Yet, many people find ways to tell their stories. It is an irony, though, that a repressive regime is a precondition of creative resistance.
Rubber-duck calendar a 112 offence
Published on 08/03/2023
» A court has jailed a man for two years for selling satirical calendars featuring yellow rubber ducks that prosecutors said defamed the royal family.
Hunger strikers back in hospital
Published on 03/03/2023
» Two activists who have been on a hunger strike for 44 days to press for the release of political prisoners were rushed back to hospital in critical condition on Friday evening after spending a week protesting outside the Supreme Court.