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The ‘blitzkrieg’ on media in Thailand by the country’s ‘eccentric megalomaniac’ – report

In Alan Morison, Andrew Drummond, FCCT, Uncategorised by Andrew Drummond

‘Reporters without Borders today publishes a scathing attack by Thailand’s military leader Prayuth Chan-Ocha whom the report describes as an ‘eccentric megalomaniac’.  Led by Gen. Prayuth Chan-o-cha, the Thai junta has been persecuting the media for the past 18 months, imposing a reign of terror that has included interrogations, arbitrary arrests, a spate of prosecutions and barely veiled threats. And …

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REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS – PLEASE WITHDRAW COMPUTER CRIME ACT LEGISLATION

In Andrew Drummond, Andy Hall, General News, Supinya Klangnarong, Uncategorised by Andrew Drummond

Reporters Without Borders has asked the Ministry of Communications and Internet Technology to change its approach to updating the Computer Crime Act of 2007. The law already authorizes the government to arrest journalists and bloggers for political reasons. If a newly proposed amendment were adopted, the government would have even more latitude to muzzle the independent and opposition media. Defendant …