· January, 2013

Stories about Thai from January, 2013

Thai Activist Editor Gets 11-Year Jail Term for ‘Insulting’ King

  27 January 2013

Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, a veteran activist and former editor of Voice of Taksin magazine (banned in 2010), received an 11 year jail sentence from a Thai court for publishing articles deemed insulting to the monarchy of Thailand. Human rights groups condemned the 'harsh' sentence which they consider as a blow to free speech in the country

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