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Longest prison sentence ever for lese majeste
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 09/06/2017
» A man was jailed for 35 years on Friday for lese majeste and defamation - the longest prison sentence to date for such a case, according to human rights advocates.
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Thai big media forced to rethink unwritten rules
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 28/09/2020
» With the rise of the student-led pro-democracy movement, the topic of the monarchy, which was once a taboo, now has more space in public discussion.
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Constructive dialogue on S112 needed
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/11/2021
» Amid a series of youth protests calling for monarchy reform, one thing I learnt is that what has been lacking is a space for a constructive discussion -- a platform where people, either royalists, proponents of monarchy reform or those with neutral ideas, can have a healthy debate, without being in fear of violating the lese majeste law, or being criticised by left or right political wings that seem to have become more radicalised and lacking in tolerance to differing views.
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Man gets 35 years for FB posts
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/06/2017
» A man was jailed for 35 years yesterday for lese majeste and defamation in what is thought to be the highest penalty meted out for a case of its kind.
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Pai Dao Din's father vows to seek justice amid uncertainty
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/06/2017
» Jatupat Boonpattararaksa, or Pai Dao Din, may have passed the last subject of his undergraduate course last Friday, but no one knows if he will be able to celebrate his graduation with friends at the end of this year.
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'Penguin' dares to dream of better things
Oped, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/05/2021
» I have met political activist Parit "Penguin" Chiwarak twice in my career as a journalist. The first was five years ago when Parit was a precocious high school student at Triam Udom Suksa, a well-known high school in Bangkok. At that time, he had launched a campaign against the Thai education system that teaches students to be submissive.
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Violence as yellow shirts overreact
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 16/11/2020
» Last week, a rally by a group of ultra-royalists in Nakhon Si Thammarat turned ugly after some elements from the crowd attacked a car, which they falsely believed to be carrying the co-founder of the Progressive Movement, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, out of a hotel. This is a sign that violent confrontations will be inevitable.
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The walls are closing in on Thai journos
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 12/05/2017
» I've often been asked what it's like working as a journalist during periods of political upheaval in Thailand. My immediate answer is usually feeling as if my life is at stake. And secondly, I feel we live under a climate of intimidation.
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Crackdown on youth protesters will backfire
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/08/2020
» Remember how just two decades ago, Thailand was regarded as a progressive democracy among Asian nations? The recent arrests of a civil rights lawyer and a student activist, which appear to be the prelude to a widespread crackdown on youth movements, made me lose hope over the state of democracy in the country.
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Through a screen darkly
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 13/11/2016
» In recent years, if you are Thai, you may have encountered an argument about which social class you belong to or how you define others -- probably as a nationalist, liberal, conservative, pro-military, royalist, red or yellow.
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