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.
Political Prisoners in Thailand 