Yesterday we posted on Puea Thai and Article 112. Today we point readers to an article by Napon Jatusripitak, Visiting Fellow in the Thailand Studies Programme at ISEAS in Singapore. His "Thailand’s Lèse-majesté Law: A Subtle Referendum in the Upcoming Elections?" is a useful account and jives with our view that 112 is on the…
National police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas has ordered police units nationwide to be prepared for potential disorder during campaign rallies.
AFP Two young Thai protesters facing royal defamation charges announced Saturday they were ending their marathon hunger strike following doctors' fears they could suffer organ failure. Tantawan "Tawan" Tuatulanon, 21, and Orawan "Bam" Phupong, 23, began their hunger strike on January 18 to urge political parties to support the abolition of the kingdom's royal insult laws among the harshest in the world. Wednesday marked the 50th day of the young women's protest. They were freed from custody last month as their health declined.
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