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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...
Although Chanwit turned 60 in 2015, he was still as attuned to politics as he had been as a young man. He jointed the October 1973 and October 1976 movements and struggled until he lost his liberty. In 2015, Chanwit once again lost his liberty when a leaflet he distributed...
Nat is a tall, slender, and energetic man. I have known him for nearly two years, but I cannot remember when and where we met for the first time. Perhaps the court, or if not, then the prison. Places where others do not want to be caught.
Nat told me that his interest in politics...
112 The Series
Translated by Tyrell Haberkorn
This is a series of stories about people who are prosecuted under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lèse majesté law, from a perspective rarely seen by society. The stories weave together narratives about the personal...
The Article 112 case of Thanet (pseudonym) is not a high-profile political case. Thanet is a person at the edge of society who does possesses neither secure economic or social standing, nor a fully sound mind.
At dawn on 2 July 2014, soldiers and police raided Thanet’s house and arrested...
