The end of April will mark three years that Somyot has been in jail because of the repressive Lese Majeste law (Article 112). In Thailand, a week of events culminating on May Day, have been organised to push for his release. Meanwhile, at an international Thai Studies conference in Sydney, a strong motion was passed in support of Somyot and against article 112. In a sign of increasing dangers for labour and human rights activists in Thailand, last week, Kamol Duangpasuk, known as Mai-Nueng Goontee, was shot and killed in a clear case of political assassination. Mai Nueng was a well known poet and anti dictatorship figure.
The end of April will mark three years that Somyot has been in jail because of the repressive Lese Majeste law (Article 112). In Thailand, a week of events culminating on May Day, have been organised to push for his release. Meanwhile, at an international Thai Studies conference in Sydney, a strong motion was passed in support of Somyot and against article 112. In a sign of increasing dangers for labour and human rights activists in Thailand, last week, Kamol Duangpasuk, known as Mai-Nueng Goontee, was shot and killed in a clear case of political assassination. Mai Nueng was a well known poet and anti dictatorship figure.
