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18 months' jail for blind woman
News, Published on 05/01/2018
» The Yala Provincial Court yesterday jailed a blind woman for 18 months for violating the country's lese majeste law, her lawyer and a court official said.
Outspoken monk 'explains' amulets
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/01/2018
» Activist monk Phra Buddha Isara has visited the Crime Suppression Division to try to clear the air over accusations he violated the lese majeste law.
Court drops Sulak royal insult charge
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/01/2018
» Military prosecutors yesterday dropped lese majeste charges against 85-year-old historian and social critic Sulak Sivaraksa who questioned whether a Thai king had actually defeated a Burmese adversary in combat on elephant-back more than 400 years ago.
Monta gets 7.5 years for using royal title
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/01/2018
» The Criminal Court Monday sentenced Monta Yokrattanakan, better known as "Ying Kai", to seven years and six months in jail for violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, the lese majeste law.
Don't abuse Section 112
News, Editorial, Published on 16/02/2018
» Having been charged with lese majeste for the fifth time for his 2014 remark which questioned whether King Naresuan had really won a 1593 battle by defeating a Burmese prince, historian and social critic Sulak Sivaraksa has been cleared. Last month, the Bangkok military court decided to drop the case against him citing a lack of evidence. But the majority of people charged with lese majeste offences are not so lucky.
Sorry the hardest word
News, Postbag, Published on 18/02/2018
» Re: "Elections, corruption and Thai democracy" (Opinion, Feb 16).
Challenges to gender equality in Thailand
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 08/03/2018
» Thailand's formal commitment to women's rights began in 1985 when it became a party to the key UN treaty on the subject: the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
New key party opposes outsider PM
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 16/03/2018
» The first official policy of a progressive party launched by Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the scion of Thailand's biggest auto parts group, is that it will oppose an "outsider prime minister" in the coming election, it said.
Nitirat head denies 'young blood' links
News, Nattaya Chetchotiros, Published on 19/03/2018
» Thammasat law lecturer and Nitirat group leader Worachet Pakeerut has distanced himself from a group of "young blood" aspirants seeking to form a new political party.
'New faces' no mere red-shirt lapdogs
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 16/04/2018
» Scholar-turned-politician Piyabutr Saengkanokkul is set to embrace the challenge of moving from the theoretical plane to the realm of practical politics.