Prachatai reports that the Ratchadapisek Criminal Court will deliver a verdict in the Article 112 trial of human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa on 26 September 2023. According to the report, Arnon is facing 14 lese majeste cases filed against him for protest speeches and Facebook posts since 2020. As we understand it, the charge being…
Update 1: Arnon Nampa has been found guilty of lese majeste and has been sentenced to 4 years in prison. He was also given a fine of 20,000 baht for violation of the Emergency Decree. Lawyers are seeking bail. Prachatai reports that the Ratchadapisek Criminal Court will deliver a verdict in the Article 112 trial…
Frustration, sadness, and anger are common responses to the repeated denial of bail for protest leaders, most of them charged with political "crimes." The continued use of the lese majeste law to silence political protest and the repeated use - over many years - of a cadre of "lock-them-up" judges who take orders from higher…
18 04 2021
There’s been considerable sympathy for the political activists detained without bail on lese majeste charges, some of them refusing solid food. In a situation where the virus is spreading rapidly, a lot of this has been seen on social media.
Yet, as Prachatai recently reported, for some time, the Resistant Citizen group has been arranging 112 minute daily “Just Standing” protests, targeting court buildings across the country, and attracting dozens to several hundred people. Clipped from Matichon
Among those joining have been academics, lawyers and the mothers of some of the detainees, all holding banners. Some of the mothers are quoted: