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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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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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Thai Court Jails Singapore Bank 'Note' Robber For 14 Months
A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced a Canadian man to 14 months in jail for crimes linked to a rare bank robbery in Singapore where he allegedly used nothing more than a threatening note to steal $22,000.
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Thai Man Jailed For 6 Years Over Facebook Royal 'Slur'
A Thai man was sentenced today to six years in jail for two Facebook posts about the king that were deemed in breach of the country's draconian royal defamation law.
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Thailand Man Jailed for 30 Years for 'Insulting' Royals on Facebook
A Thai man was jailed for 30 years today for "insulting" the monarchy on Facebook, in one of the toughest known sentences passed under the junta-ruled kingdom's draconian lese majeste law.
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Mentally Challenged Thai Man Jailed for Lese Majeste
A Thai man was sentenced to more than three years in jail today under the kingdom's controversial royal defamation law, despite having a history of mental illness.
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Thailand Bookseller Given Jail Term for Royal Defamation
A Thai man was sentenced today to two years in jail for selling books that allegedly defamed the monarchy, the latest in a string of convictions under the country's notorious lese majeste law.
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Elderly Thailand Man Jailed for 'Royal Insult' Graffiti
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.
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American arrested for insulting monarchy
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...
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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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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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Thai Court Jails Singapore Bank 'Note' Robber For 14 Months
A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced a Canadian man to 14 months in jail for crimes linked to a rare bank robbery in Singapore where he allegedly used nothing more than a threatening note to steal $22,000.
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Thai Man Jailed For 6 Years Over Facebook Royal 'Slur'
A Thai man was sentenced today to six years in jail for two Facebook posts about the king that were deemed in breach of the country's draconian royal defamation law.
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Thailand Man Jailed for 30 Years for 'Insulting' Royals on Facebook
A Thai man was jailed for 30 years today for "insulting" the monarchy on Facebook, in one of the toughest known sentences passed under the junta-ruled kingdom's draconian lese majeste law.
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Mentally Challenged Thai Man Jailed for Lese Majeste
A Thai man was sentenced to more than three years in jail today under the kingdom's controversial royal defamation law, despite having a history of mental illness.
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Thailand Bookseller Given Jail Term for Royal Defamation
A Thai man was sentenced today to two years in jail for selling books that allegedly defamed the monarchy, the latest in a string of convictions under the country's notorious lese majeste law.
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Elderly Thailand Man Jailed for 'Royal Insult' Graffiti
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.
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American arrested for insulting monarchy
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...
