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Jaruwan: A loss much greater than 85 days

February 19, 2016

The news of Jaruwan’s lèse majesté case broke in the middle of November 2014. A soldier in the Office of the Judge Advocate General filed a complaint against her and then the police took action. The case was one of “Facebook lèse majesté” in which an allegedly defamatory post had been shared nearly 10,000 times online. A few days later, two men who were friends of Jaruwan were arrested in relation to the case as well. On 9 February 2015, the military prosecutor dropped the case against Jaruwan and the two others.

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Locked up for five years: The life and ideals of Somyot Prueksakasemsuk

February 12, 2016

January 2016 marked more than four years since Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, social activist and former editor of Voice of Taksin magazine, lost his freedom for the publishing of two articles in the magazine which were deemed to fall within the domain of lèse majesté. (see Somyot’s case on our database here)

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January 2016: “Ja New” kidnapped right in front of Thammasat University, Even rallies on making a living were intervened.

January 31, 2016

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Chanwit: A Leaflet and the Endurance of Ideology

January 27, 2016

Although Chanwit turned 60 in 2015, he was still as attuned to politics as he had been as a young man. He jointed the October 1973 and October 1976 movements and struggled until he lost his liberty. In 2015, Chanwit once again lost his liberty when a leaflet he distributed during a political demonstration in 2007 at the Nonthaburi pier was deemed to fall within the scope of lèse majesté under Article 112 of the Criminal Code. Chanwit is from Phatthalung province.

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Nat: The same series of events, the same place

January 11, 2016

Nat is a tall, slender, and energetic man. I have known him for nearly two years, but I cannot remember when and where we met for the first time. Perhaps the court, or if not, then the prison. Places where others do not want to be caught. Nat told me that his interest in politics began in 2006. He registered as a member of a webboard in order to express his political opinions. I often bugged him about what in his studies or life had caused him to become interested in politics.