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"The Case Is Baseless": Thai Ex-PM Says Ready To Face Royal Insult Charges
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday he was ready to face charges of insulting the monarchy that mark a setback to a political heavyweight whose allies are currently in government.
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Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra Indicted On Royal Insult Charges
Thailand's attorney-general will indict former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for allegedly insulting the monarchy, an official said on Wednesday, in a setback to a political heavyweight whose loyalists are currently in government.
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IPL 2024: Did Virender Sehwag Insult Orry Live On Air? Here's The Truth
Orry caught the attention of cricket fans after making his commentary debut during the opening match of IPL 2024.
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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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Top Thailand Activist Who Called For Monarchy Reforms Jailed For 4 Years
A Thai court on Tuesday jailed one of the leading figures in the kingdom's youth-led pro-democracy protest movement for four years on royal insult charges.
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IPL 2021: Meme Fest On Twitter As Fans Troll RCB After Humiliating Loss To KKR
IPL 2021: Adding insult to injury, rival fans brutally trolled RCB after their nine-wicket drubbing at the hands of KKR on Tuesday.
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A Year After Taboo On Thai King Broken, 103 Face Jail For Royal Insult
In Thailand, any criticism of the monarch - whom some have viewed as semi-divine - is taboo as well as illegal.
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Thai Billionaire Charged With Royal Insult Over Vaccine Query
A billionaire Thai opposition figure was charged Tuesday with defaming the monarchy after he questioned the government's alleged over-reliance on coronavirus vaccines from a company linked to the royal family.
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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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Mamata Banerjee, Maneka Gandhi Spar Over Killing Of Royal Bengal Tiger
Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday termed West Bengal as the only place in the country where illegal killing of wild animals is "allowed and encouraged", prompting an angry reaction from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who demanded an apology from the minister for "insulting adivasis" (tribals).
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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 Man Reportedly Sentenced to 35 Years in Jail for Defaming Royals on Facebook
A Thai man was jailed for 35 years on Friday for Facebook posts deemed insulting to the royal family.
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Top Kuwait Court Jails 3 Royals For Insulting Judiciary
Kuwait's supreme court on Monday upheld a five-year jail term against three members of the ruling family, including the former secret service chief, for insulting the judiciary.
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Thai Junta Says Google Removing Content With Royal Insults
Thailand's government met with representatives from Internet giant Google, amid growing calls from Thai hardline royalists to bring those who insult the monarchy to justice, as many Thais look with uncertainty to a future without their revered king.
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Thailand Frees Prominent Activist Over Royal Insult
Thailand has freed a political activist after eight years in jail for insulting the country's widely revered monarchy under its draconian royal defamation laws.
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"The Case Is Baseless": Thai Ex-PM Says Ready To Face Royal Insult Charges
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday he was ready to face charges of insulting the monarchy that mark a setback to a political heavyweight whose allies are currently in government.
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Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra Indicted On Royal Insult Charges
Thailand's attorney-general will indict former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra for allegedly insulting the monarchy, an official said on Wednesday, in a setback to a political heavyweight whose loyalists are currently in government.
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IPL 2024: Did Virender Sehwag Insult Orry Live On Air? Here's The Truth
Orry caught the attention of cricket fans after making his commentary debut during the opening match of IPL 2024.
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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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Top Thailand Activist Who Called For Monarchy Reforms Jailed For 4 Years
A Thai court on Tuesday jailed one of the leading figures in the kingdom's youth-led pro-democracy protest movement for four years on royal insult charges.
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IPL 2021: Meme Fest On Twitter As Fans Troll RCB After Humiliating Loss To KKR
IPL 2021: Adding insult to injury, rival fans brutally trolled RCB after their nine-wicket drubbing at the hands of KKR on Tuesday.
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A Year After Taboo On Thai King Broken, 103 Face Jail For Royal Insult
In Thailand, any criticism of the monarch - whom some have viewed as semi-divine - is taboo as well as illegal.
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Thai Billionaire Charged With Royal Insult Over Vaccine Query
A billionaire Thai opposition figure was charged Tuesday with defaming the monarchy after he questioned the government's alleged over-reliance on coronavirus vaccines from a company linked to the royal family.
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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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Mamata Banerjee, Maneka Gandhi Spar Over Killing Of Royal Bengal Tiger
Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday termed West Bengal as the only place in the country where illegal killing of wild animals is "allowed and encouraged", prompting an angry reaction from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who demanded an apology from the minister for "insulting adivasis" (tribals).
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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 Man Reportedly Sentenced to 35 Years in Jail for Defaming Royals on Facebook
A Thai man was jailed for 35 years on Friday for Facebook posts deemed insulting to the royal family.
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Top Kuwait Court Jails 3 Royals For Insulting Judiciary
Kuwait's supreme court on Monday upheld a five-year jail term against three members of the ruling family, including the former secret service chief, for insulting the judiciary.
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Thai Junta Says Google Removing Content With Royal Insults
Thailand's government met with representatives from Internet giant Google, amid growing calls from Thai hardline royalists to bring those who insult the monarchy to justice, as many Thais look with uncertainty to a future without their revered king.
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Thailand Frees Prominent Activist Over Royal Insult
Thailand has freed a political activist after eight years in jail for insulting the country's widely revered monarchy under its draconian royal defamation laws.
