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A woman in her 60s identified only as Anchan was sentenced to 43 years in prison in Thailand after she was found guilty on 29 counts.

Young Thais defiant over lese majeste clampdown As use of the draconian royal defamation law increases, young protesters pledge to keep fighting for democracy James Lovelock, Bangkok Updated: January 07, 2021 10:50 AM GMT Trending A Thai pro-democracy protester stands on the street in central Bangkok on Dec. 31 as mass political gatherings were banned after an increase in Covid-19 cases. (Photo: AFP) Thai authorities have ignored pleas by rights groups to stop their heavy-handed legal campaign against young pro-democracy activists through use of the draconian lese maje...

6 01 2021 The Voice of America has reported the fact that “Thai authorities January 1 made their 38th arrest of a pro-democracy activist in recent weeks under the country’s tough lèse majesté law…”. This refers to the case of “Nut,” the “Facebook administrator of a protest group and [who] was bailed out January 2 after being charged under Section 112 for selling a calendar using the movement’s satirical rubber duck symbol to allegedly mock the monarchy.” As the report indicates, “In just a matter of weeks 112 charges have continued to surge…”, with sev...

English By VOA News Share on Facebook Print this page BANGKOK - Thai authorities January 1 made their 38th arrest of a pro-democracy activist in recent weeks under the country’s tough lèse majesté law as authorities crack down on the country’s unprecedented protest movement. That law, Section 112 of the Thai criminal code, forbids defamation of the king and provides for three to 15 years’ imprisonment for violations. The law had been dormant since King Maha Vajiralongkorn succeeded his father, King  Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in ...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA A Thai dissident was kidnapped. When police had no answers, his sister began to investigate [Los Angeles Times :: THAI-DISSIDENT:LA] SINGAPORE — Sitanan Satsaksit kneeled outside her brother’s apartment building, her eyes lowered in prayer beneath a wide-brimmed hat. As she tried to reconstruct the events of that evening six months earlier, she heard his distressed voice in her head. They had been chatting on the phone, she back in their native Thailand and he in his adopted home of Cambodia. An outspoken democracy activist and satirist, 38-year-old Wanchalear...