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Royal pardon frees lese majeste convict
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 13/08/2016
» Patiwat Saraiyaem, who was jailed for insulting the monarchy, was among 235 inmates released on Friday following a royal amnesty decree to mark the Queen's 84th birthday.
Webmaster loses lese majeste fight
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 24/12/2015
» The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced the Prachatai webmaster to a 1-year suspended jail term for failing to take down lese majeste content from the site's web board quickly enough.
Death penalty risks fuelling Southern violence
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 17/03/2014
» The use of special laws to sanction the death penalty for those convicted of terrorism charges in the far South risks fuelling violence in the insurgency-plagued region, it has been warned.