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The Independent UK
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Papitchaya Schwarz

A royal pardon frees a Thai woman serving a 43-year prison term for defaming the monarchy

Thailand Royal Defamation - (Amnesty International Thailand)

A woman in Thailand sentenced to a prison term of more than four decades on a charge of royal defamation was released on Wednesday by a royal pardon after serving just under one-fifth of her term, said a human rights organization.

Thai Lawyers for Human Rights said 69-year-old Anchan Preelert was one of six political prisoners freed under a July 29 pardon on the occasion of King Maha Vajiralongkorn's birthday.

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