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This Week Around The World Jan. 17-Jan. 23 share January 19 Bangkok, Thailand: Anchan Preelert, a one-time civil servant, was sentenced to 43 years in prison for violating Thailand’s infamously strict lèse-majesté law, which criminalizes defaming senior members of the royal family, according to Reuters. The 65 year-old was originally sentenced to 87 years in prison after being convicted of 29 violations of the law, but had her sentence halved for pleading guilty of sharing audio clips that were deemed critical of the royal family. “Today’s court verdict is shocking and sends a spine-...

Maverick politician accuses Thai govt of vendetta In their latest judicial action, authorities have charged Thanathorn Jungroongruangkit with royal defamation Trending Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, founder of the now-dissolved Future Forward Party, gestures during a press conference in Bangkok on Jan. 21, after he was accused of contravening strict royal defamation laws by posting a video criticizing the government's Covid-19 vaccine strategy. (Photo: AFP) A prominent Thai pro-democracy campaigner and opposition politician has accused the government of carrying on with a long-running vendett...

English By VOA News Share on Facebook Print this page BANGKOK - Billionaire Thai pro-democracy champion Thanathorn Jungroongruangkit on Wednesday evening defended his questioning of a vaccine company owned by the king after he was hit Wednesday with a wave of charges for royal defamation. Earlier Wednesday, the government had filed multiple charges alleging that Thanathorn had breached the kingdom’s draconian royal defamation law by criticizing the country’s vaccine strategy in a Facebook Live video. The charges came as Thailand's estab...

Anchan Preelert pleaded guilty to 29 counts of violating the Lese-Majeste law.

The woman has been found guilty on 29 counts for posting audio clips on social media deemed critical of the monarchy.