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These laws have been on the books well before the junta seized power. It's a criminal offense to criticize monarchs both living and dead in Thailand. A lot of
by hackerboos 10y ago
These laws have been on the books well before the junta seized power.
It's a criminal offense to criticize monarchs both living and dead in Thailand. A lot of people found guilty are pardoned, but a lot are not.
- PeterisP 10y agoThis event seems not to fall under these laws - it has not been shown that she has criticized the monarch, and "should have condemned the criticism" is an entirely different issue, these laws do not state that failing to condemn criticism is a criminal offense.
- hackerboos 10y agoFrom the article: "She is accused of insulting the monarchy - a charge that can lead to jail sentences of up to 15 years."
- powera 10y agoExcept this isn't "criticizing the monarch". This is making a case out of basically nothing against the mother of a "student activist".
- JadeNB 10y agoI think that this point is easy to miss, since it's practically a throwaway remark in the article: this does not appear to be in any direct sense about the woman's Facebook comment; rather, it is an intentionally overzealous application of a law to a situation where it applies only tenuously at best, in order to silence someone else's dissenting voice.
- sheepleherd 10y agooh the rich rich irony of your comment here, you silencer of dissenting opinions you.