THAI LAWYERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS – IMMINENT LÈSE-MAJESTÉ CASES Court Trial Date Alert June 2015 – Pretrial hearings and verdict delivery on three lèse majesté cases (violation of Article 112) 1. The case against Mr. Jueseng Kow, aka ‘Small Bundit Aneeya’ on violation of Penal Code’s Article 112 for his expressing opinion during a public meeting (Black Case no. 45k/2558) 22 June …
WIN US$1000! from self appointed ‘Master of Ceremonies’. Two jailed in Bangkok on lese majeste charges
Bangkok Post Two young graduates were jailed for five years to, reduced to two and a half because they pleaded guilty, on lèse majesté charges in Bangkok. The news travelled quickly around the world but what seemed to come across was how dignified the students have actually behaved. Patiwat Saraiyaem, 23, and Porntip Mankong had been accused of insulting the …
THE DAY THE STUDENTS WON – BUT ARE THEIR HEIRS PAYING THE PENALTY 40 YEARS LATER?
Déjà vu? On October 14 1973 some 100 students died when military officers brought in tanks and guns to quell demonstrations against the military dictatorship at Thammasat University and outside the Royal Palace. This event is commemorated every year and is known as ‘The Great Day of Sorrow’. The deaths in fact brought down the military government of Thanom Kittikachorn, …