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Giles leaves Thailand

February 9th, 2009 by Andrew Walker · 47 Comments

From The Guardian:
A leading Bangkok-based professor who has joint British and Thai nationality fled Thailand at the weekend in the face of a lengthy sentence under the country’s draconian lese-majesty laws, which forbid criticism of the king.He is the latest person to face prosecution under the laws, seen as an attempt by the government to [...]

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Tags: Thailand · lese majeste