Request to have hearing of Somyot Prueksakasemsuk held in Bangkok rejected by the court
Front Line
2012-01-27 15:53
 

On 26 January 2012, Front Line Defenders was informed that the request of human rights defender Mr Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, to have the next session of the court hearing against him heard in Bangkok was rejected by the court.

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Campaign for amendments to Article 112 in Chiang Mai
2012-01-26 03:11
 

Red Coffee shop on Sri Don Chai Road in Chiang Mai has held activities in support of Nitirat’s calls for amendments to Article 112 and the nullification of the 2006 coup’s legal effects, providing live broadcasts of the Thammasat academic group’s events in Bangkok and offering its customers a sign-up campaign to amend the lèse majesté law.

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National Human Rights Commission of Thailand statement on the "Penal Code Section 112"
National Human Rights Commission
2012-01-25 15:50
 

According to the recent media reports stating that National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT) supports the amendment to Section 112 of the Penal Code, the NHRCT wishes to announce the inaccuracy of the said reports. The NHRCT sees that Section 112 serves to protect the prestige of the monarchy as Head of State in the same way as protection accorded to other Head of Foreign States as specified in section 133 of the Penal Code and the international principles of the State to protect its monarchy. Therefore, the previous media reports were false and inaccurate.

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Lese-majeste law leading to censorship
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation
2012-01-25 15:29
 

One of the least explored aspects of the lese-majeste law is censorship and self-censorship of anything that can be considered even mildly critical of the monarchy.

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Three arrest warrants issued over journalist's murder
Reporters Without Borders
2012-01-24 14:14
 

Reporters Without Borders is shocked by the revelations of the investigation into the murder of the freelance journalist, Wisut “Ae Inside” Tangwittayaporn, shot dead in Phuket on 12 January.

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Something Wrong With them? Not them…us!
Brian Knight
2012-01-24 14:11
 

Forever to blame the bearer of bad news as the bad news itself, those who don’t like to hear the truth, or at least a great speech about it and why it’s occasionally necessary to be told the truth, often resort to little tricks to as quickly as possible extinguish growing embers before they become searing flames burning up centuries of lies and deceit.

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