Thai King Insult

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.

In Thailand, any criticism of the monarch - whom some have viewed as semi-divine - is taboo as well as illegal.

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.

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.

Thais marked the birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, early on Saturday, by giving alms at temples around the country.

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.

An elderly Thai man was jailed by a military court Friday for scrawling graffiti in a shopping mall toilet critical of the country's junta leaders and its revered king.

Two young Thais accused of insulting the monarchy in a university play braced for sentencing today as the ruling junta intensifies its crackdown on perceived royal slurs under the kingdom's controversial lese majeste law.

Thai police said today they have arrested a man who allegedly posted messages and photos on Facebook that insulted the king, adding to the skyrocketing number of lese majeste cases in the Southeast Asian country.

A Thai court has sentenced a university student to two and a half years in prison for posting a message on Facebook that the court found to have insulted the country's king.

An American has been arrested in Thailand for allegedly insulting its monarchy, a serious offense in this Southeast Asian nation punishable by up to 15 years in jail.The U.S. Embassy confirmed the arrest but gave few details.The 54-year-old man arrested Thursday created a link on his blog in 2007 to "The King Never Smiles," an unauthorized biograph...

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.

In Thailand, any criticism of the monarch - whom some have viewed as semi-divine - is taboo as well as illegal.

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.

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.

Thais marked the birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, early on Saturday, by giving alms at temples around the country.

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.

An elderly Thai man was jailed by a military court Friday for scrawling graffiti in a shopping mall toilet critical of the country's junta leaders and its revered king.

Two young Thais accused of insulting the monarchy in a university play braced for sentencing today as the ruling junta intensifies its crackdown on perceived royal slurs under the kingdom's controversial lese majeste law.

Thai police said today they have arrested a man who allegedly posted messages and photos on Facebook that insulted the king, adding to the skyrocketing number of lese majeste cases in the Southeast Asian country.

A Thai court has sentenced a university student to two and a half years in prison for posting a message on Facebook that the court found to have insulted the country's king.

An American has been arrested in Thailand for allegedly insulting its monarchy, a serious offense in this Southeast Asian nation punishable by up to 15 years in jail.The U.S. Embassy confirmed the arrest but gave few details.The 54-year-old man arrested Thursday created a link on his blog in 2007 to "The King Never Smiles," an unauthorized biograph...