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This is the fourth in our multi-part update on 112 from the past 3-4 weeks: Along with many other outlets, the BBC reported that on 13 December 2023, Rukchanok "Ice" Srinork, 28, a Move Forward Party MP, was convicted of lese majeste and computer crimes and was sentenced to six years in jail. Rukchanok had…
Continuing our 112 updates from the past three weeks: Prachatai reported that Jirawat (last name withheld), a 32-year-old online clothing vendor, has been sentenced by the South Bangkok Criminal Court to nine years in prison on Article 112 and computer crimes charges, reduced to six years. The sentence stemmed from three Facebook posts in 2021…
Wave (pseudonym), is a 30 year-old man from Nonthaburi, who was indicted on 13 June 2023 under Article 112 and for computer crimes, accused for his criticism of Siam Bioscience’s, COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine production in 2021. Prachatai reports that he was convicted on 11 October 2023 by the Ratchapisek Criminal Court and sentenced to 3…
It was only a day or so ago that PPT posted on a lese majeste case brought against a critic of King Vajiralongkorn's company Siam Bioscience. Now Prachatai reports that the "Supreme Court has upheld an Appeal Court order to ban Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit’s video clip ‘Royal Vaccine: Who benefits and who doesn't?’, saying that the…
Prachatai has two reports on legal actions against activists accused of lese majeste. The first report is of 25-year-old activist Bang-oen was arrested again on 6 April 2023 on a lese majeste charge filed against him in December 2022, while another two other activists were arrested for spray-painting protest messages onto the Democracy Monument and…