This week, Thara Wanichpongpan, a 59 year old man was found guilty of Lese Majeste and sentenced to 20 years in jail. His crime was to upload podcasts that were allegedly critical of the monarchy. In a separate case, Pravit Rojanaphruk, a journalist with Khaosod was formally accused of sedition for allegedly posting on Facebook five comments that were critical of the military dictatorship. The international group, Reporters without Borders have attacked this move by the military as another attack on media freedom in Thailand. In separate cases, Nattaporn Veeranant, an investigative journalist was arrested as he was covering a story about alleged corruption of senior police officers, while a play was once again banned due to its contents about repression in Thailand.
Free all political prisoners in Thailand! Abolish Article 112! End the military dictatorship!
This week, Thara Wanichpongpan, a 59 year old man was found guilty of Lese Majeste and sentenced to 20 years in jail. His crime was to upload podcasts that were allegedly critical of the monarchy. In a separate case, Pravit Rojanaphruk, a journalist with Khaosod was formally accused of sedition for allegedly posting on Facebook five comments that were critical of the military dictatorship. The international group, Reporters without Borders have attacked this move by the military as another attack on media freedom in Thailand. In separate cases, Nattaporn Veeranant, an investigative journalist was arrested as he was covering a story about alleged corruption of senior police officers, while a play was once again banned due to its contents about repression in Thailand.
Free all political prisoners in Thailand! Abolish Article 112! End the military dictatorship!
