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Lèse-majesté
On 8 March 2016, Thanakorn, a lese majeste defendant under section 112 of the Criminal Code, was accused of having clicked “Like” lese majeste Facebook page and of having posting sarcastic comment on the King’s dog. The Bangkok Military Court granted him bail which cost 500,000...
January 2016 marked more than four years since Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, social activist and former editor of Voice of Taksin magazine, lost his freedom for the publishing of two articles in the magazine which were deemed to fall within the domain of lèse majesté. (see Somyot's case on our database...
Since the late January to the beginning of February 2015, there was the news about the arrest of many persons who were accused of Lèse majesté according to the Article 112 of Thai Criminal Code. They were together linked that they were in “Banpodj Network”, or the network which...
Translated by Prachatai English
Article 112 of the Criminal Code or the lèse majesté law is enacted to protect the King, Queen, Heir-Apparent, and Regent from being defamed, insulted and threatened with harm. It is a law that belongs to the first Section dealing with national security laws and...
Three days after the coup d’état in May, the military made an announcement that cases related to national security, which includes Thailand’s most controversial law, Article 112 of the Criminal Code known as lese
majeste law, would fall under the jurisdiction of the military court.
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