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The Latest Breaking News from Thai Lawyers for Human Rights

Thai court adds prison term for activist lawyer convicted of royal insult

Total jail time rises above three decades as further cases remain pending

The Independent UK

Thai appeals court finds 5 activists guilty of trying to block royal motorcade in 2020

An appeals court in Thailand has reversed the acquittals of five people charged with impeding the motorcade of the country’s queen during pro-democracy demonstrations in 2020, handing them prison sentences ranging from 16 to 21 years

The Independent UK

A US scholar jailed in Thailand on charges of insulting the monarchy is released on bail

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US scholar in Thailand jailed pending trial on charges of insulting the monarchy

A U.S. political science scholar accused by the Thai Army of insulting the Southeast Asian nation’s monarchy has been jailed pending trial

The Independent UK

Prominent American academic facing rare Thai royal insult charges

Thailand has one of the world's harshest lese majeste laws but they are rarely used against a foreigner

The Independent UK

Thai pro-democracy activist jailed for speaking out at monarchy protest

Human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa imprisoned after calling for reform of country’s strict lese-majesty law

The Guardian - UK

Teen held on 112 charge freed after 50 days

A 15-year-old girl who had spent 50 days in detention on a charge of royal defamation walked free on Thursday afternoon after a court ordered her release, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights said.

Bangkok Post

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Another teen girl faces 112 charge

A teenage girl from Phitsanulok has been released on bail after being formally charged with royal defamation, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).

Bangkok Post

Samran Rat riot suspects freed on bail

All nine suspects facing charges arising from a violent confrontation at the Samran Rat police station in Bangkok on Wednesday night have been granted bail.

Bangkok Post

Calls grow for release of teen held for LM

Thai authorities should drop charges and release a 15-year-old girl detained for alleged royal defamation, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Court rejects LM suspect's bid to attend UN talks

The Criminal Court has refused to consider a request by a lese-majeste suspect who is seeking permission to travel abroad to attend meetings of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, lawyers say.

Bangkok Post

Thai man gets 2-year term for calendar said to mock king

A Thai man has been sentenced to two years in prison for selling calendars featuring satirical cartoons of yellow ducks that a court said mocked the country’s monarch

The Independent UK

Third hunger striker granted bail

Sitthichok Sethasavet, a hunger-striking political activist who is appealing his royal defamation conviction, has been granted bail, Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Two hunger strikers granted bail

Two hunger strikers were granted bail on Tuesday on grounds that their health was in serious danger, but the application of a third was rejected.

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Sympathy, but little support for protest

The young pro-democracy activists Tantawan "Tawan" Tuatulanon and Orawan "Bam" Phuphong appear determined to put themselves on a path of self-destruction for their cause.

Bangkok Post

Health workers call for political detainees' release

A network of health workers on Friday called for the unconditional release of all detained political prisoners as they expressed worry over condition of three hunger-striking activists.

Bangkok Post

Third hunger striker in hospital

A third hunger striker pressing for judicial reform has been admitted to hospital, while the opposition Move Forward Party is seeking an urgent parliamentary debate on the issues raised by the political activists.

Bangkok Post

Pheu Thai pressed on royal-insult law

Political activists on Tuesday pressed the Pheu Thai Party to pledge that if it wins the coming election, it would repeal the law on royal defamation.

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Activists' hunger strike enters 10th day

Supporters continued to gather outside the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre on Friday evening to press for judicial reforms as a hunger strike by two young political activists entered its 10th day.

Bangkok Post

Hunger strikers' supporters to rally on Thursday

Supporters of two hunger-striking political activists plan to rally again on Thursday at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre to draw attention to their deteriorating condition and their demands for reform.

Bangkok Post

Hunger-striking activists in hospital

Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) has renewed its call for an end to arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of political activists, as a prison hunger strike by two of those activists enters its fourth day.

The Independent UK

Thai protester accused of mocking queen gets 2 years' prison

A legal aid group says a court in Thailand has sentenced an activist to two years in prison for allegedly insulting the country’s queen by wearing traditional Thai attire at a demonstration for reform of the monarchy two years ago

Bangkok Post

Activist jailed for Thai costume imitating highest institution

A woman activist was sentenced to prison on Monday for wearing Thai attire with the intention of portraying the highest institution.

Bangkok Post

Thanathorn's painting NFTs sell for 3.3 milion baht

Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit has sold three of his paintings in a non-fungible token (NFT) auction for more than 3 million baht on Tuesday, with most of the proceeds going to the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) group.

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