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Hong Kong arrests six for sedition
Published on 28/05/2024
» HONG KONG - National security police in Hong Kong arrested six people across the city on Tuesday under a new national security law known as Article 23 for alleged seditious intent, according to a statement.
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.
MFP MP gets 2 years for lese majeste
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/05/2024
» The Thanyaburi Provincial Court on Monday sentenced Move Forward Party MP Chonthicha Jangrew to two years in prison for royal defamation under Section 112 of the Criminal Code.
Two jailed for burning the King's portrait
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 27/05/2024
» The Criminal Court on Monday sentenced singer Chai-amorn Kaewwiboonpan, aka "Ammy The Bottom Blues", to four years in prison and his accomplice to one year for burning His Majesty the King's portrait and sharing a video of it in 2021.
Move Forward MP to hear royal insult ruling Monday
Published on 26/05/2024
» Move Forward Party MP Chonthicha Jangrew is scheduled to appear in Thanyaburi Provincial Court on Monday to hear a ruling in a lese-majeste case against her.
Late activist’s peers protest at Government House
Post Reporters, Published on 21/05/2024
» Activists rallied at Government House on Tuesday to demand a quick and straightforward investigation into the death of their colleague Netiporn Sanesangkhom during detention last week.
Thai Human Rights Council aspirations
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 17/05/2024
» Thailand's quest for membership of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), Geneva, for the period 2025-2027, is rightly gaining interest among the general public. With a new foreign minister today, it is intriguing to prospect whether there will be more (or less) momentum in the competition towards the winning post -- with elections for the HRC due in New York in October.
Lawyer says activist’s autopsy raises questions
Published on 16/05/2024
» Detained activist Netiporn Sanesangkhom had no vital signs when she reached Thammasat University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on Tuesday, lawyer Kritsadang Nutcharat said on Thursday.
Jailed activist weakened by hunger strike dies
Published on 15/05/2024
» Jailed activist Netiporn “Boong” Sanesangkhom, 28, was pronounced dead at Thammasat University Hospital late Tuesday morning, over three months after she had started a dry hunger strike.
Hunger strike tragedy
Oped, Editorial, Published on 15/05/2024
» The death of 28-year-old political activist Netiporn Saneysangkhom in a correctional hospital on Tuesday after a three-month-long hunger strike is a stark reminder of the growing ideological differences dividing the country.