Reporters Without Borders condemns the 10-year jail sentence which a criminal court in the northeast Bangkok district of Ratchada imposed today on Suwicha Thakor for posting content online that was deemed to have insulted the monarchy. Thakor has been held in Bangkok’s Klong Prem prison since 14 January. More information about Suwicha Thakor.
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Thailand: Web director arrested for “allowing offensive comments”
Prachatai web director Chiranuch Premchaiporn was arrested by police yesterday for “disseminating lese majeste content on the website.” To put it in another way, she was arrested for allowing comments on the website which the police deemed as offensive to the monarchy. Chiranuch is now out on bail.
Prachatai is an independent and popular website in [...]
Thailand: Web director arrested for “allowing offensive comments”
Prachatai web director Chiranuch Premchaiporn was arrested by police yesterday for “disseminating lese majeste content on the website.” To put it in another way, she was arrested for allowing comments on the website which the police deemed as offensive to the monarchy. Chiranuch is now out on bail.
Prachatai is an independent and popular website in [...]
Monarchs Use ‘Lese Majeste’ Laws to Silence Online Critics - MediaShift
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Monarchs Use ‘Lese Majeste’ Laws to Silence Online Critics
MediaShift, CA - 2 hours ago
And the country’s new minister of information decided to spend about $2 million to set up an Internet filtering system, pushing the paranoia even further. …