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The medieval price

February 7th, 2009 by Andrew Walker · 16 Comments

From today’s Sydney Morning Herald:
The medieval price an author pays for insulting Thailand’s monarchy
From the hell of his Bangkok prison cell, the writer Harry Nicolaides reveals the horror of his daily battle to survive.
We are woken at 6 and counted in the cell. Mine is 12 metres long and just over four metres wide, holding [...]

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Tags: Nicolaides · Thailand · lese majeste