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Pai Dao Din pleads guilty, gets 2 years, 6 months for royal defamation
A provincial court has handed a two and a half year jail term to a well-known democracy activist accused of lèse majesté for sharing a BBC biography of King Vajiralongkorn.On 15 August 2017, the...
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Project for Social Democracy meets the Commoners’ Party of Isan, Neo Isan...
John Draper On 19 July, 2017, Dr. Atipong ‘Tao’ Pathanasethpong, Spokesperson of the Project for a Social Democracy (PSD), and John ‘Special Circumstances’ Draper, member of the PSD Working Group,...
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Thailand: Drop Bogus Charges Against Thai Studies Academics
Human Right Watch (HRW) Thai authorities should immediately drop charges against a prominent academic and four conference participants for violating the military junta’s ban on public assembly at a...
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Secret trial: the reason why Pai Dao Din pleaded guilty
The defence lawyer of Pai Dao Din has revealed that the renowned democracy activist chose to plead guilty because he was being tried in camera, meaning observers and media were not allowed into the...
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Leading student activist accused of ‘improper behaviour’
Chulalongkorn University has accused a leading student activist of improper behaviors after an incident during freshman induction.On 10 August 2017, Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, a progressive student...
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Court confirms ban on film related to 1976 student massacre
After five years of legal struggle, a court has confirmed a ban on a film adaptation of Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’, which touches on sensitive historical topics.On 11 August 2017, the Administrative...
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Academics, students accused of violating junta’s ban on gatherings
The police have summoned academics and students accused of breaching the junta’s ban on political gatherings for participating in an academic forum.Teeramon Buangam, a master’s student at Chiang Mai...
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Over a hundred academics, including Noam Chomsky, stand for Netiwit
World scholars including Noam Chomsky have expressed support for Netiwit after Chulalongkorn University initiated disciplinary action against the progressive student activist. On 14 August 2017,...
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Pai Dao Din pleads guilty, gets 2 years, 6 months for royal defamation
A provincial court has handed a two and a half year jail term to a well-known democracy activist accused of lèse majesté for sharing a BBC biography of King Vajiralongkorn.On 15 August 2017, the...
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Project for Social Democracy meets the Commoners’ Party of Isan, Neo Isan...
John Draper On 19 July, 2017, Dr. Atipong ‘Tao’ Pathanasethpong, Spokesperson of the Project for a Social Democracy (PSD), and John ‘Special Circumstances’ Draper, member of the PSD Working Group,...
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Thailand: Drop Bogus Charges Against Thai Studies Academics
Human Right Watch (HRW) Thai authorities should immediately drop charges against a prominent academic and four conference participants for violating the military junta’s ban on public assembly at a...
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Secret trial: the reason why Pai Dao Din pleaded guilty
The defence lawyer of Jatuphat ‘Pai Dao Din’ Boonpattararaksa has revealed that the renowned democracy activist chose to plead guilty because he was being tried in camera, with observers and the media...
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Eight accused of royal defamation for burning royal arches
The public prosecutor has charged eight people of royal defamation for burning royal arches. On 16 August 2017, at the Provincial Court of Phon District of Khon Kaen Province, the prosecutor indicted...
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Junta requests that media promote cabinet’s work
The junta has asked various news agencies to tail cabinet members during an upcoming Prime Ministerial visit to create content for the state television channel. On 16 August 2017, the Government...
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Drop charges against peaceful conference attendees: Scholars at Risk
Scholars at Risk August 17, 2017 -- Scholars at Risk (SAR) is concerned over the summons of two professors, two students, and one independent intellectual in connection with their attendance at the...
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Soldiers detained for beating drug suspects
The Royal Thai Army (RTA) has announced that some military officers will be placed in detention for 15 days for physically abusing suspected drug users in Koh Larn, Chonburi Province. The announcement...
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Monday review: youngest lèse majesté suspect and 25 August
While the court has ruled on the first royal defamation case under Rama X, last week the case against the youngest lese majeste suspect ever began. This week, other three crucial verdicts will be read...
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Junta critic gets 1 year suspended jail term for contempt of court
The Criminal Court has handed one year suspended jail term to a junta critic accused of contempt of court.On 21 August 2017, the Criminal Court handed Watana Muangsook, a well-known politician from the...
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Anti-corruption activist detained briefly for contempt of court
The Administrative Court has sentenced an anti-corruption activist to 14 months imprisonment for contempt of court, but the jail term is suspended for three years.On 21 August 2017, the Supreme...
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Supreme court confirms death penalty to anti-PDRC shooters
The Supreme Court has sentenced four people accused of shooting grenades into People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) protesters in early 2014 to death, but reduced the penalty to life...
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