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    Down the rabbit hole

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    » Help me, somebody, I think I must have fallen down a rabbit hole and found myself in a world as crazy as Alice did. In this strange, topsy-turvy world the people who ousted an elected government, an action usually considered more serious than sedition is now arresting protesters and dissidents for actions and speech inciting people to rebel against their government.

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    Weaving ties and traditions

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    Writer jailed for 'insulting' Thai royals

    By Voice, Created on: 19/01/2009, Last updated on: 17/06/2009

    » Writer jailed for 'insulting' Thai royals Australian writer Harry Nicolaides is jailed for three years after being found guilty of insulting the Thai monarchy in his novel. Today news from the BBC, after heard the news I thought that maybe it time that maybe we should all discussing this kind of...

    • Yellow_Shirt commented : [b:iehucjno]FREE[/b:iehucjno] AUSTRALIAN author Harry Nicolaides, who was jailed for criticising Thailand's royal family in a book, has arrived in Melbourne after being pardoned. Mr Nicolaides had a tearful reunion with his father Socrates, brother Forde and partner Jintana at Melbourne airport this afternoon. Speaking to reporters at the airport after touching down around 1.30pm (AEDT), he thanked the Australian people for their support and the media for helping to get him released. Asked how he felt, Mr Nicolaides said he was "bewildered and dazed, nauseous". "I have been crying for eight hours," he said. "I learned only a few minutes before my flight that my mother had suffered a stroke.... "A few hours before that I was informed I had a royal pardon and asked to kneel before a portrait of the king - a royal audience of sorts. "Before that I was climbing out of a sewerage tank that I fell into in the prison." "I ran out of tears but I never ran out of hope or love," he said. Now, he said, he was "tired, I am exhausted and I have a mother to go and see who suffered a stroke and has lost the power of speech". His father Socrates said he was delighted to have his son back. "It was a living death but now I feel I have come alive again," he said. Mr Nicolaides walked free from prison yesterday after Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej issued a royal decree on Wednesday, his brother Forde Nicolaides said. It ended a "six-month nightmare" for the family, after the author's arrest in August and subsequent conviction and jailing last month, Forde Nicolaides said. "I'm absolutely ecstatic. This is a huge relief for the family after a terrible time, one which obviously has consumed us for the last six months," he said. "To have Harry on his way home is fantastic and he will be very glad to be home." But any planned celebrations on Mr Nicolaides' arrival will be tempered following the hospitalisation of his mother Despina, who suffered a stroke a fortnight ago. Forde Nicolaides said his brother would be taken straight to hospital to see their mother, adding the family would still toast his freedom at the earliest opportunity. "Dad is ecstatic that he's got another son back home to help," Forde Nicolaides said. "I spoke to Harry last night, he rang me from the airport and assured me he is reasonably fit, despite his ordeal. "He is in good spirits and is looking forward to arriving home - he cannot wait to see his family." Mr Nicolaides, 41, was arrested in late August and locked up in jail before pleading guilty last month to lese majeste - offending the royal family - in 12 lines he wrote in his 2005 novel Verisimilitude, which referred to an unspecified crown prince's love life. Since his detention, Mr Nicolaides' family and lawyer Mark Dean have campaigned for his release, and upon conviction immediately began applying for a royal pardon. "Our emphasis to the Thai government was on compassionate grounds, for them to consider Harry's case compassionately and expeditiously," Forde Nicolaides said. "I think everyone was on the same page, as they have been reasonably expeditious with the application. We are very grateful for that. Finally to have him home ... it's just fantastic, just wonderful." [url:iehucjno]http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25086273-2,00.html[/url:iehucjno]

    • Yellow_Shirt commented : [quote="Voice":2vvbldqy]Writer jailed for 'insulting' Thai \\ //// Australian writer Harry Nicolaides is jailed for three years after being found guilty of insulting the Thai monarchy in his novel. Today news from the BBC, after heard the news I thought that maybe it time that maybe we should all discussing this kind of rules that apply for foreigner. As most Thai are well aware that to talk about les Majesty or roy_l Family what kind of rules of law will apply to them. In 21century throughout the world of democracy people have more right for free speech and expression. Why does Thailand still live in the old les Majesty rules today rather than real democracy? We are all well aware that \\ ///// has done many good things for his people and well respect by all Thai and foreigners around the world. As we are all human it is possible that one could make some mistake along the way. To rectify our mistake we should be able to accept the truth. I have much respect for the R_yal family and I also have much respect for my freedom of speech and expression. Therefore my question is does we need to apply the same rules to the R_yal family as we have apply for \\ /////? Does they deserve the same right rules of law to \\ ///// good example? Do you think that Thai monarchy should forgive Harry Nicolaides and allowing him some room as a foreigner who might not be aware of these rules? I am not trying to provoke disrespect for his les Majesty rules but I think we need to address this issue much further.[/quote:2vvbldqy] Hello Voice Their are some update to this Article now From Australia News Papers. I think I was right what said in this post now Author 'didn't get jailed on purpose' AAP February 23, 2009 08:23am THE brother of the Australian author released from a Thai prison over the weekend has rejected claims he deliberately broke the law in order to write a book about his ordeal. Harry Nicolaides was released on Friday, after a pardon by the King Bhumibol Adulyadej. He was earlier sentenced to six years' prison for the crime of lese majeste - criticising the monarchy - in his book Verisimilitude, reduced to three years' because he pleaded guilty. Reports in Fairfax newspapers today quoted a former colleague of Mr Nicolaides, Heath Dollar, claiming the author deliberately committed the crime to gain notoriety. "Before the book's publication, in fact, Harry rather cavalierly suggested that going to prison for lese majeste," Mr Dollar said. But Harry's brother Forde Nicolaides has said the allegations were wrong. "He definitely didn't do it for the publicity. For him to orchestrate such an event or take such a risk for an offence that carries 15 years you would have to be completely nuts, and Harry is not," Mr Nicolaides said on Channel Nine. The Australian, 5 Feb 2009 "I don't think he would have taken such a risk, and certainly believe that he spent nearly six months in jail, and then to get the pardon, it just doesn't make sense," he said. "Harry will dismiss those claims." Mr Dollar worked with Mr Nicolaides at Mae Fah Luang University. "Harry believed it best to create a sensation, a publicity stunt to land an author on the literary map," he said. Upon returning to Melbourne on Saturday from Thailand, Mr Nicolaides said he did not plan to republish Verisimilitude but would write another book. Forde Nicolaides also said his brother was recuperating after his ordeal and slept 14 hours the first night he spent at home after his release. [url:2vvbldqy]http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25092800-1243,00.html[/url:2vvbldqy]

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