Thailand has some of the world’s strictest lese majeste laws, and criticizing the King, Queen, or heir apparent can lead to a maximum 15-year prison sentence for each offense, which makes even ...

Netiporn was a member of protest group Thalu Wang, which has pushed for reform of Thailand’s powerful monarchy and amendment of the country’s draconian lese majeste law, in which criticizing ...

Thailand has some of the world’s strictest lese majeste laws, and criticizing the king, queen, or heir apparent can lead to a maximum 15-year prison sentence for each offense.

According to TLHR, there are around 2,000 people who have been prosecuted for political expression since 2020, 272 of whom have been charged with lese-majeste offenses.

Thailand has taken some steps toward democracy. But a flurry of court challenges has raised the specter of another crisis — with the lèse-majesté law on royal defamation front and center.

An activist and lawyer made famous for his open calls for reform of Thailand's powerful monarchy was on Tuesday sentenced to four years in prison for royal insults, a judge said, in one of the ...

Thai anti-monarchy activist Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom, 28, died in custody in Bangkok today while on a hunger strike she began in January.

World Thailand to charge U.S. academic Paul Chambers with insulting the king under controversial lese-majeste law April 4, 2025 / 8:06 AM EDT / AFP ...

U.S. ‘alarmed’ after American lecturer charged with insulting Thai monarchy The State Department says Paul Chambers was arrested under Thailand’s lèse-majesté laws, which harshly punish ...

A protester with the “Stop 112” the number in the Thai criminal code for lese majeste on her face during protest in front of the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.

Although necessary, lese-majeste reform isn’t the most important task ahead of the MFP. Nor should Article 112 abolitionists consider their cause abandoned if change doesn’t come as early as ...