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One of the Foundation’s experts, David J. Scheffer, says “Thailand’s lèse majesté law is a blunt instrument of oppression against Thai citizens exercising their rights, under international law, of freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and freedom from arbitrary detention…”.
Political Prisoners and Detainees. As of September, the NGO Thai Lawyers for Human Rights estimated there were at least 29 political prisoners, mostly for online political expression and for participating in the 2020-21 student-led protest movement.
26 sty 2023 · Two political prisoners arrested for questioning the Thai monarchy have been on a life-threatening hunger strike for over a week. The government has met their demands for the right to free expression with silence.
15 maj 2024 · A young activist jailed for insulting Thailand’s monarchy died on Tuesday following a prolonged hunger strike, officials said, prompting an outpouring of grief and renewed calls for justice...
27 sty 2023 · BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand sentenced a 27-year-old political activist to 28 years in prison on Thursday for posting messages on Facebook that it said defamed the country’s monarchy, while two young women charged with the same offense continued a hunger strike after being hospitalized.
9 lis 2023 · Between Nov. 30, 2021 and Oct. 30, 2023, Thai courts delivered verdicts in cases involving 100 people charged with lèse majesté, with 79 convicted and the longest sentence 28 years in prison ...
17 sty 2024 · Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is a convict serving a prison sentence for wrongdoing in office, but it’s not right to call him an inmate, the country’s Correction Department declared Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024.
