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Indonesia jails Polish tourist who met Papuan activists
Associated Press, Published on 02/05/2019
» JAKARTA: A Polish tourist was sentenced to five years in prison for treason on Thursday after meeting with Papuan independence supporters, but said later he was the victim of a show trial.
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Early voting kicks off with huge crowds, long queues
Associated Press, Published on 17/03/2019
» Hundreds of thousands of voters crowded into schools, parking lots and temples across Thailand on Sunday, eager to cast an early ballot a week before the country's first election in eight years.
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Rights lawyer gets 16 months’ prison for Facebook post
Associated Press, Published on 27/06/2018
» Human rights lawyer Prawet Prapanukul was sentenced to 16 months in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of sedition for material he posted online, but a lese majeste charge against him was dropped.
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Facing jail, editor apologises for anti-pollution posting
Associated Press, Published on 03/04/2018
» The editor of Citylife Chiang Mai has apologised to the provincial governor after he threatened her with criminal charges for posting on Facebook a student's painting of ancient kings wearing pollution masks.
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'Pai Dao Din' on trial for Facebook share
Associated Press, Published on 03/08/2017
» KHON KAEN - The provincial court on Thursday began a closed-door trial of an activist law student arrested for sharing a BBC article about the king on Facebook.
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Arrested Thai activist getting S. Korean human rights award
Associated Press, Published on 18/05/2017
» SEOUL -- A Thai law student arrested for sharing a critical article about the country's new king that was posted on Facebook is this year's winner of South Korea's most prestigious human rights award.
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Arabic lesson in school ignites anger
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2015
» VERONA, Virginia — With Americans already on edge after the attacks in Paris and Southern California, a teacher's lesson on Islam in a Virginia school sparked an angry meeting of outraged parents that mushroomed into a national denunciation of the educator in the form of thousands of angry emails and social media postings.
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Canadian taking stranger with ex-girlfriend's name to Thailand
Associated Press, Published on 18/12/2014
» TORONTO — A Canadian man will travel to Thailand and the rest of the world with Elizabeth Gallagher. Just not the same Elizabeth Gallagher he used to date.
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Four men given death sentences in India gang rape
Associated Press, Published on 13/09/2013
» An Indian court Friday sentenced to death four men for the December gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal attack that riveted India, where it became a symbol of the rampant mistreatment of women and the government's inability to deal with crime.
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Photos of 'Boston bombers' issued
Associated Press, Published on 19/04/2013
» The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) zeroed in on two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and shared surveillance-camera images of them with the world Thursday in hopes the public will help hunt them down.
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