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Thai Man Jailed For Record 50 Years For Criticising Monarchy
A Thai man was given a 50-year prison sentence Thursday for criticising the monarchy -- the longest jail term ever handed down under the kingdom's strict royal insult laws, a legal rights group said.
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Thailand Woman Gets Record 4-Decade Jail Term For Insulting Royal Family
A Thai woman accused of insulting the royal family was jailed Tuesday for more than 43 years, a legal rights group said, the harshest punishment ever handed out under the country's strict lese majeste laws.
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Thai Court Jails Blind Woman For One And Half Years Over Royal Insult
A Thai court on Thursday jailed a blind woman for 1-1/2 years for violating the country's royal insult law, her lawyer and a court official said.
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Thai King's Favourite Dog Dies, Days After 'Insult' Arrest
The favourite dog of Thailand's ailing monarch has died, days after a man was arrested under the kingdom's strict royal defamation laws for allegedly making a satirical online remark about the beloved canine.
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Thai Investigates Military Officers in Widening Royal Insult Probe
Thai police on Wednesday said they were turning their attention to senior military officers as part of a major investigation into a network of people charged with insulting the monarchy.
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Editor gets ten years in jail for Thai royal insult
A prominent Thai labour rights activist and magazine editor was sentenced to a decade in prison on Thursday for violating much-debated laws designed to protect Thailand's royal family.
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Thai man imprisoned for anti-royalty texts dies
A 62-year-old Thai man who became known as "Uncle SMS" after he was convicted of defaming Thailand's royal family in text messages died Tuesday while serving his 20-year prison term. The case of Amphon Tangnoppakul, a grandfather who had suffered from cancer, drew attention to Thailand's severe lese majeste law last November when he received one of...
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Thai Man Jailed For Record 50 Years For Criticising Monarchy
A Thai man was given a 50-year prison sentence Thursday for criticising the monarchy -- the longest jail term ever handed down under the kingdom's strict royal insult laws, a legal rights group said.
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Thailand Woman Gets Record 4-Decade Jail Term For Insulting Royal Family
A Thai woman accused of insulting the royal family was jailed Tuesday for more than 43 years, a legal rights group said, the harshest punishment ever handed out under the country's strict lese majeste laws.
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Thai Court Jails Blind Woman For One And Half Years Over Royal Insult
A Thai court on Thursday jailed a blind woman for 1-1/2 years for violating the country's royal insult law, her lawyer and a court official said.
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Thai King's Favourite Dog Dies, Days After 'Insult' Arrest
The favourite dog of Thailand's ailing monarch has died, days after a man was arrested under the kingdom's strict royal defamation laws for allegedly making a satirical online remark about the beloved canine.
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Thai Investigates Military Officers in Widening Royal Insult Probe
Thai police on Wednesday said they were turning their attention to senior military officers as part of a major investigation into a network of people charged with insulting the monarchy.
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Editor gets ten years in jail for Thai royal insult
A prominent Thai labour rights activist and magazine editor was sentenced to a decade in prison on Thursday for violating much-debated laws designed to protect Thailand's royal family.
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Thai man imprisoned for anti-royalty texts dies
A 62-year-old Thai man who became known as "Uncle SMS" after he was convicted of defaming Thailand's royal family in text messages died Tuesday while serving his 20-year prison term. The case of Amphon Tangnoppakul, a grandfather who had suffered from cancer, drew attention to Thailand's severe lese majeste law last November when he received one of...
