The headline in Prachatai states that Sasiwimol was sentenced to 28 years for lese majeste, but, the fact is that she had a 56 year sentence reduced by half for the now almost mandatory guilty plea.
In this context, Prachatai has done its readers a great service in producing an account of Sasiwimol’s case by the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights.
We urge our readers to read and understand the pressure to plead guilty.
