Thailand: Leading activist Arnon Nampa jailed over calls for royal reform

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Guno צְבִי

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Who in their right mind would choose to live in that 3rd world shit hole


One of Thailand's most prominent political activists, Arnon Nampa, has been sentenced to four years in prison under the country's much-criticised royal defamation, or lese-majeste law.

He was convicted by a court in Bangkok over comments he made during a protest in October 2020.

Thailand's lese-majeste law forbids anyone from insulting the monarchy on pain of harsh jail sentences.

It has been increasingly enforced since the military took power in a 2014 coup.

Mr Arnon, a human rights lawyer, was the first activist to call publicly for a national conversation on the role of the monarchy in today's Thailand.

It was a very risky thing to do. People have been jailed for 30 or 40 years in Thailand just for social media posts deemed to defame the royal family.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66920855
 
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More than one-quarter of Thai people use the Internet. Thailand employs a variety of tactics to monitor and block content, especially lese majeste material, content that constitutes an offense against the dignity of the royal family. The 2007 Computer Crime Act imposes harsh penalties for those who post potentially threatening information and holds third party websites responsible for content posted by their users. The government actively filters the Internet, and during violent political protests in 2010, the government took emergency powers and blocked several websites relating to the opposition without court approval. These tactics, and the deep-seated cultural value of lese majeste, have chilled expression online.
 
guno said:
More than one-quarter of Thai people use the Internet. Thailand employs a variety of tactics to monitor and block content, especially lese majeste material, content that constitutes an offense against the dignity of the royal family. The 2007 Computer Crime Act imposes harsh penalties for those who post potentially threatening information and holds third party websites responsible for content posted by their users. The government actively filters the Internet, and during violent political protests in 2010, the government took emergency powers and blocked several websites relating to the opposition without court approval. These tactics, and the deep-seated cultural value of lese majeste, have chilled expression online.
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Guano posts an article over a decade old and then proceeds to give people the impression that it's his own words.

https://thenetmonitor.org/country-profiles/tha

Practically everybody in 2023 has internet access even my wife's mother has an iPad and she's is in mid 70s. You're not very bright or well informed, another fact just about everywhere in Thailand has 5G and has had for years.
 
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serendipity said:
Guano posts an article over a decade old and then proceeds to give people the impression that it's his own words.

https://thenetmonitor.org/country-profiles/tha

Practically everybody in 2023 has internet access even my wife's mother has an iPad and she's is in mid 70s. You're not very bright or well informed, another fact just about everywhere in Thailand has 5G and has had for years.
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More likely working to slide the BullShit by....

Education and skepticism was always the solution.
 
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