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Taking a stand against lèse majesté

April 25th, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · 46 Comments

Over at Asia Sentinel their anonymous correspondent has an excellent article on Thai activist Chotisak Onsoong.  He has been formally charged with lèse majesté for failing, last September, to stand during the royal anthem at a Bangkok cinema.  This is one story that I expect every New Mandala reader will want to follow. 
According to the article “…as far as [...]

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Tags: Coup · Thailand