Attorney-General weighing whether to send Thaksin’s lese majeste case to Appellate Court
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IT REMAINS TO BE seen whether Attorney-General Itthiporn Kaeothip will file a lese majeste lawsuit against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra in the Appellate Court now that the Criminal Court has lifted the case and acquitted him today (Aug.22). Though the attorney-general is being given a 30-day time […]
Read MoreThaksin acquitted of violating lese majeste law
By Thai Rath and Naewna newspapers plus Thai Newsroom Reporters THE RATCHA Criminal Court this morning (Aug. 22) dismissed charges of violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, better known as the lese majeste law, and Computer Crimes Act of 2017 against de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra. The court had earlier cross-examined […]
Read MoreFinal decision by prosecutors to drop lese majeste case against American academic
THE Office of Attorney General has announced a final decision to not prosecute Dr. Paul Chambers on charges of lese majeste, also known as Section 112 of the Criminal Code, and violating the Computer Crimes Act, because he was not the one who posted a message at ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore’s website promoting […]
Read MoreAmerican academic loses job at university
AN AMERICAN academic who is now not being prosecuted under Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law, has lost his job at Naresuan University with immigration police having also seized his passport, Naewna newspaper said this morning (May 3). Thai Lawyers for Human Rights posted a message saying it had […]
Read MoreAnon gets 2 years and 8 months in another Section 112 case
PROMINENT activist lawyer Anon Nampha was today (Dec. 19) sentenced to two years and eight months in jail for violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, also known as the lese majeste law, Section 116, or the sedition law, the Communicable Disease Act, the Emergency Decree and the Advertising Control Act over a speech […]
Read MoreTwo pro-democracy activists bailed out in lese majeste case
THE Court of Appeals Region 3 today (Sep. 14) granted bail to two leading pro-democracy activists who were yesterday sentenced to jail in a lese majeste case stemming from speeches they gave at a rally in Phu Khieo district of Chaiyaphum province in 2012, Naewna newspaper said. Jatupat “Pai Dao Din” Boonpattararaksa and Atthaphon […]
Read MoreThai dissident jailed for three years over anti-monarchy speech
By AFP and published by CNA A THAI court today (Sep. 13) sentenced one of the kingdom’s leading pro-democracy activists to three years in prison for defaming the monarchy, a human rights lawyers’ group said. Jatupat “Pai Dao Din” Boonpattararaksa was found guilty of violating Thailand’s royal defamation law, or Section 112 of the […]
Read MoreLese majeste charges filed against Warner Music Thailand
ROYALISTS filed lese majeste charges against Warner Music Thailand for doctoring a photo of nine Constitutional Court judges with portraits of Their Majesties King Rama IX and King Rama X in the background edited and hidden to promote Charli XCX’s song “The Apple’s Rotten Right to the Core”, Amarin TV said tonight (Aug. 13). […]
Read More‘Orange’ supporters urged to gather at Move Forward HQ on judgement day
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOVE FORWARD TODAY (July 20) encouraged their supporters to gather at the party’s headquarters on Aug. 7 – the date on which the Constitutional Court is scheduled to judge on a lese majeste lawsuit which could possibly result in a dissolution of the reformist camp. Move Forward leader Chaithawat […]
Read MoreCommentator confirms Penguin ‘has fled’ after no-show at court
AFTER THE Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for activist and protest leader Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, for failing to show up to hear the verdict in case on violating the lese majeste law, or Section 112 of the Criminal Code, and Computer Crimes Act, a popular Internet commentator confirmed that he has […]
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