Rohinga, monarchy and ICC; lèse majestè ‘a problem’; Senate protects monarchy; foreigners warned; Economist not distributed in Thailand
Since launching the Political Prisoners in Thailand blog a few days ago, we have added many links regarding the details of pending and convicted and jailed lèse majesté cases, key documents, and commentary on lèse majesté and other issues of political repression in Thailand. We urge you to explore and monitor the various areas of this blog as links will be updated as often as possible.
• The Rohinga, the monarchy and the International Criminal Court, The Nation, 26 January 2009: “Rohingya refugee issue needs a holistic approach”
• Thai News, 24 January 2009: “Foreigners warned of lese majeste charge leading to serious penalty”
• The Senate has resolved to set up an extraordinary committee to strictly enforce laws to better protect the monarchy following an increasing number of websites found to be offensive to the royal institution – Bangkok Post, 24 January 2009: “Better media protection for the monarchy”
• The Straits Times, 22 January 2009: “Lese majeste laws ‘a problem’ for Thais”
• The current issue of The Economist has been prevented in Thailand. See The Economist, 22 January 2009, “The Trouble with Harry”
• Check out our historical section in our commentaries (Lèse Majesté and the Monarchy).
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