A protester with the “Stop 112” the number in the Thai criminal code for lese majeste on her face during protest in front of the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. Credit: AP ...

A Thai court on Wednesday ordered the kingdom’s most popular political party to end its campaign to amend the country’s notoriously strict royal defamation law, dashing its supporters hopes for reform ...

The number of prosecutions for people accused of insulting the Thai monarchy has recently surged. Even Thaksin Shinawatra, the most powerful civilian politician in Thailand, could find himself facing ...

Courts are trying political activists for insulting the country’s king, while sidestepping any discussion about what they actually said and whether it was true. Pro-democracy activist Panusaya ...

Earlier this week, hundreds of Thai protesters shouted at the royal motorcade of King Maha Vajiralongkorn in a show of unprecedented open dissent towards the monarchy as anti-government sentiment is ...

JURIST Guest Columnist Jean-Marie Kamatali, of Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, discusses the use and misuse of lèse-majesté… The bigger problem of lèse-majesté in Thailand is not, ...

Thai university student Patiwat Saraiyaem, center, is escorted by prison officials as he arrives at the criminal court in Bangkok on Oct. 27, 2014 Editor at Large Barefoot and shackled at the ankles, ...

Amnesty International urged Thailand’s House of Representatives on Tuesday to grant amnesty to individuals accused and detained solely for political activism, including offenses related to the lèse ...

Thailand’s strict lèse-majesté laws make it a crime to insult the monarchy, an offense that includes a surprising number of activities. Related Article Thailand’s strict lèse-majesté laws make it a ...

The crime of lese majeste – insulting the royal family – is a law enforced by monarchies around the globe. But few are stricter than Thailand. Thailand stipulates harsh punishments for defaming or ...