An announcement that arrived in my inbox yesterday may be of interest to New Mandala readers in Bangkok. A translation is:
Invitation to lecturers and academics from every institution who disagree with the abolition of the lese majeste law to join a discussion meeting and press conference.
Friday 13 March 2009
10:30 am discussion meeting, 1:30 pm press conference
At the 9th floor meeting room, Malai Huwanan Building
National Institute of Development Administration
If any readers do attend this event we would, of course, be delighted to host a short report. Please get in contact if you would like to write one.
9 responses so far ↓
1 Colum Graham // Mar 10, 2009 at 10:37 am
Much easier to have a mass arrest!
2 Colum Graham // Mar 10, 2009 at 11:48 am
oh… disagree with the abolition of the Lese Majeste law. Ahh. Yes I thought it was a bit strange.
3 Zso // Mar 10, 2009 at 6:32 pm
disagree with the abolition!
Don’t you think that is too obvious.
Anyway please prepare to have large crowd of audience.
4 Flashman // Mar 10, 2009 at 7:06 pm
I note that our Comrade Censors haven’t blocked this page for promoting a Lese Majeste event or coverage. I can’t imagine why…
5 Flashman // Mar 11, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Ahh here we go, Mar 11, page is blocked. Guess there is still some pretence of impartiality in their censorship.
6 Nicholas Farrelly // Mar 11, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Sorry Flashman,
I don’t quite follow. Where is the page blocked? It would be good to have some more details.
Best wishes,
NSF
7 Flashman // Mar 13, 2009 at 3:49 am
This page is blocked in Thailand.
All pages with LM content on New Mandala, Bangkok Pundit, Asia Sentinel, Political Prisoners in Thailand et al come up with the same “404 error: File not found” format page after about 24hrs.
Proxy servers come in very useful these days…
8 Nicholas Farrelly // Mar 13, 2009 at 10:12 am
Thanks Flashman,
It would be wonderful if we could pin this matter down once and for all. I have asked for other readers to offer their experiences and, with some information sharing, hopefully we can all learn something.
O, and just a reminder that if any NM readers do attend this event we would be delighted to publish a report.
Thanks!
NSF
9 Srithanonchai // Mar 13, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I am in Thailand, and I have no problem downloading this document.
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