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Vendor gets 27 years for bombing bid
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/07/2016
» A street fruit vendor, who admitted to carrying a homemade bomb to the Bhumjaithai Party headquarters in a failed plot to blow it up in June 2010, was sentenced to 27 years and six months in prison and ordered to pay a 50-baht fine in a Supreme Court ruling on Friday.
New report spurs call for reform of lese majeste law
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 27/02/2016
» A new report shows lese majeste imprisonment is becoming a pattern, violating liberties, the right to a fair trial and freedom of expression, prompting a rare call for reform to the lese majeste law.
Magazine editor loses lese majeste appeal
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/09/2014
» The Appeal Court yesterday upheld a lower court's 10-year lese majeste prison sentence for Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, former editor of Voice of Taksin magazine.
Inmates at Laksi hope for reprieve
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 26/07/2014
» Prisoners being held at Laksi temporary jail have been offered a glimmer of hope after learning that the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) is considering an amnesty as part of national reconciliation efforts.
Activists, relatives rally for lese majeste prisoners
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/03/2014
» Student activists and relatives of lese majeste prisoners have called on the public to pay attention to the plight of people convicted of violating lese majeste laws.
Lese majeste cons fight stigma
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 19/03/2014
» After doing a lot of soul-searching about their ordeal of being sent to jail for what they judge were innocuous crimes, a number of former political prisoners have decided to set up a network to pool their resources and tell their stories to the rest of society.
Former lese majeste cons pool efforts to end stigma
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/03/2014
» Former prisoners jailed for lese majeste and crimes related to political unrest have set up a support network to deal with the social stigma of their criminal records.
'Don't forget lese majeste prisoners'
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 22/03/2014
» The public must not forget prisoners of conscience at this crucial juncture in Thai politics, a young student activist said after visiting lese majeste prisoners at the Bangkok Remand Prison on Saturday.
Some mourn on Valentine's Day
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 14/02/2014
» As people exchange pledges of love on Valentine’s Day, two women in Thailand who lost loved ones in difficult political circumstances make more solemn vows to their late husband and son respectively. ‘‘We will never love you less though death has parted us’’.
PACC mulls ex-cop trafficking rap
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/03/2014
» The Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) is considering whether to file charges against a police officer for alleged involvement in the trafficking of illegal Rohingya immigrants in Phang Nga.