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9 04 2021 Prachatai reports data from Thai Lawyers for Human Rights who say that “at least 82 people are facing charges under Section 112 since November 2020.” Several face multiple lese majeste charges and a slew of other charges. One of the most recent cases to become known involves a 22 year-old online vendor from Chiang Mai, identified only as Phonphimon or Pholpimol.  She faces both a 112 charge and a charge made under the Computer Crimes Act. The charges are reportedly...

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<p><span>A federal indictment unsealed today charges three North Korean computer programmers with participating in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy to conduct a series of destructive cyberattacks, to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion of money and cryptocurrency from financial institutions and companies, to create and deploy multiple malicious cryptocurrency applications, and to develop and fraudulently market a blockchain platform.</span></p>

Westport police have arrested a man who is accused of hacking the computer system at his former job and modifying its website. Detectives were called to a...

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard For several years now, Johnny Depp has been entangled in legal battles both directly and indirectly tied to his split from ex-wife Amber Heard, and in early November 2020, he was dealt a major setback. Depp lost his libel case against The Sun in U.K. court over the publication describing him as a “wife beater.” Depp and his team of lawyers planned to appeal this ruling, and now they’ve taken a big step forward on that front. Court of Appeal judge Lor...

Govt damned either way Govt damned either way Former Future Forward leader lands himself and government in hot water with vaccine procurement claims - Pheu Thai promises Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon wont be spared this time in upcoming censure debate published : 30 Jan 2021 at 04:00 Govt damned either way Even before the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines lands on Thai shores next month, politics has found a way to dilute its releva...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday said he never intended to enforce Section 112 of the Criminal Code -- also known as the lese majeste law -- to silence anyone.

Share Key Thai opposition figure faces lese majeste charge Thu, 21 January 2021 A Thai billionaire opposition figure was accused on January 20 of defaming the monarchy, a day after a court sentenced a former civil servant to more than 40 years in jail for lese majeste crimes. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, founder of the now-dissolved Future Forward Party, was accused of contravening Thailand’s strict royal defamation laws by posting a video on January 18 criticising the government’s vaccin...

Thailand: Record-breaking lèse-majesté sentence highlights need for legal reform The conviction and sentencing of a 65-year-old woman said to have insulted the Thai monarchy is a shocking attack on human rights, said ARTICLE 19. The Thai government should reverse course and end a recent surge in the use of Thailand’s draconian lèse-majesté provision to target peaceful protesters and those expressing critical opinions. On 19 January, the Bangkok Criminal Court convicted Anchan Preelert, a...

Thai opposition figure accused of insulting king for criticizing vaccine deal 2 minutes read Bangkok, Dec 20 (efe-epa).- Thai authorities on Wednesday denounced an opposition leader of a crime against the king for criticizing an agreement with Siam Bioscience, a company supposedly linked to the country’s monarch, for the production of vaccines against COVID-19. Thanathorn Juangroonruangkit, who said the country would depend too much on a company that has no previous experience in the manufa...