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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 King Cuts Ex-PM Thaksin's Jail Term To One Year
Thailand's jailed former premier Thaksin Shinawatra had his prison sentence cut from eight years to one by the king on Friday, just days after he returned from a decade and a half in exile.
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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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BBC Journalist Faces Five-Year Jail Term For Reporting Thailand Scam
A British journalist with the BBC faces up to five years in a Thai jail after a lawyer brought a criminal defamation case against him over an investigation into fraud on a popular tourist island.
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UN 'Appalled' by Thailand's Record Jail Terms for Royal Defamation
The United Nations today said it was "appalled" by record jail sentences -- of 30 and 28 years -- handed to two Thais for royal defamation, as prosecutions soar under the kingdom's junta.
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Thai Anti-Government Protest Leaders Handed Prison Terms, Freed on Bail
Six prominent Thai anti-government protest leaders were sentenced to two years in jail today for storming the Prime Minister's office during a 2008 rally - and then released on bail to allow for appeals.
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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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Thai Web Radio Host Jailed for Insulting Monarch
Thailand's lese majeste law is the world's harshest, providing for jail terms of three to 15 years.
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Swedish Police Await Pirate Bay Co-Founder in Thai Capital
The Swedish co-founder of the Pirate Bay website is due to be hauled to Bangkok on Wednesday following his arrest in northeast Thailand, with police from Stockholm waiting to press for his deportation to serve a jail term for copyright infringement.
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Thai Comedian Loses Appeal Against Royal Slur Jail Term
A Thai comedian and prominent "Red Shirt" political activist lost an appeal on Thursday against a two-year prison term under the kingdom's strict royal defamation law.
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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 King Cuts Ex-PM Thaksin's Jail Term To One Year
Thailand's jailed former premier Thaksin Shinawatra had his prison sentence cut from eight years to one by the king on Friday, just days after he returned from a decade and a half in exile.
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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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BBC Journalist Faces Five-Year Jail Term For Reporting Thailand Scam
A British journalist with the BBC faces up to five years in a Thai jail after a lawyer brought a criminal defamation case against him over an investigation into fraud on a popular tourist island.
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UN 'Appalled' by Thailand's Record Jail Terms for Royal Defamation
The United Nations today said it was "appalled" by record jail sentences -- of 30 and 28 years -- handed to two Thais for royal defamation, as prosecutions soar under the kingdom's junta.
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Thai Anti-Government Protest Leaders Handed Prison Terms, Freed on Bail
Six prominent Thai anti-government protest leaders were sentenced to two years in jail today for storming the Prime Minister's office during a 2008 rally - and then released on bail to allow for appeals.
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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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Thai Web Radio Host Jailed for Insulting Monarch
Thailand's lese majeste law is the world's harshest, providing for jail terms of three to 15 years.
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Swedish Police Await Pirate Bay Co-Founder in Thai Capital
The Swedish co-founder of the Pirate Bay website is due to be hauled to Bangkok on Wednesday following his arrest in northeast Thailand, with police from Stockholm waiting to press for his deportation to serve a jail term for copyright infringement.
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Thai Comedian Loses Appeal Against Royal Slur Jail Term
A Thai comedian and prominent "Red Shirt" political activist lost an appeal on Thursday against a two-year prison term under the kingdom's strict royal defamation law.
