Comments on: Thailand: Australian writer jailed for lese majeste

By: Global Voices em Português » Tailândia: diretora de site é presa por “permitir comentários ofensivos”

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:02:08 +0000

[...] Tailândia tem sido implacável para implementar uma lei que evite a difamação da monarquia. Um escritor australiano [En] foi preso por “insultar” o rei, uma das mais adoradas figuras pela população. Um [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Thailand: Summary from the academic forum on Lese Majeste

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:27:31 +0000

[...] Lese Majeste is still a hot issue in Thailand. On 21-22 March, there was a two-day academic forum, “Various Opinions on Lese Majeste”, at Thammasart University, Bangkok. Many big-name scholars from political science and law schools, and an ex-dean of a famous university attended the event. [...]

By: Global Voices on Prachatai bust « FACT - Freedom Against Censorship Thailand

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:09:23 +0000

[...] has been very strict in implementing the lese majeste law. It jailed an Australian writer for “insulting” the Thai King who is the most beloved figure in the country. A Bangkok-based [...]

By: Global Voices Advocacy » Thailand: Web director arrested for “allowing offensive comments”

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:39:28 +0000

[...] has been very strict in implementing the lese majeste law. It jailed an Australian writer for “insulting” the Thai King who is the most beloved figure in the country. A Bangkok-based [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Thailand: Web director arrested for “allowing offensive comments”

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:48:40 +0000

[...] has been very strict in implementing the lese majeste law. It jailed an Australian writer for “insulting” the Thai King who is the most beloved figure in the country. A Bangkok-based [...]

By: Global Voices in Italiano » Tailandia: Manifesto del ‘Siam Rosso’

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:36:09 +0000

[...] Giles recentemente è fuggito [in] dalla Tailandia onde evitare la persecuzione per “lesa maestà” [in]. È stato accusato di aver offeso la monarchia tailandese nel suo libro del 2007 [in], [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Thailand: ‘Red Siam’ Manifesto

Global Voices Online » Thailand: ‘Red Siam’ Manifesto — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:49:24 +0000

[...] weeks in Thailand. Giles recently fled Thailand to avoid persecution for “committing” lese majeste. He was accused of offending the Thai monarchy in his 2007 book, A Coup for the Rich: Thailand’s [...]

By: Ken Sears

Ken Sears — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:48:46 +0000

The Australian writer “offended” the Thai monarchy? I’d say Thailand itself “offended” every sense of freedom and decency and civility throughout the entire civilized world by imprisoning this harmless man out of a primitive, dare I say anal-retentive, obsession with the sensibilities of a guy who is, at the end of the say, just a guy… even if he does wear a crown. Hey, my sensibilities are offended by what Thailand did. So whaddya say we put the whole country in jail for three months, hm? Or at least the dolts in Thai government who pulled off this little piece of utter moronism.

By: TDoc

TDoc — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:25:58 +0000

I think the Thai authorities are really good at coming up with solutions that are more or less like disciplines. Item A is bad, ban it. And Item A ranges from books to YouTube. That kind of solution will never work in a long run.

By: ThailandSocial

ThailandSocial — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:02:01 +0000

The most Ironic thing about this is more people will want to have a look at this book and what about it was so offensive in it. I think the best thing to do would be to ask him to make a public apology and let him go home and keep the attention off the book.

By: TDoc

TDoc — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:21:16 +0000

Monarchy is a very sensitive issue in Thailand. The society is not open enough to cope with any public criticisms about the royal family although most people say things about them all the time. Foreign journalists have had hard times reporting about the King. Youtube was even banned due to the problem. That being said, more and more Thais are coming out to protest and challenge the lese majeste charge. Things will change one day but just not now, under the reign of this much beloved King.

By: george wasintown

george wasintown — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:03:02 +0000

Well, he still had a go at it, and now he must face the music. He must have been well aware of the risk, nevertheless, he obviously couldn’t resist taking the risk. Somnumna, I hear the Thais saying.

By: Nova Scotia Scott » Blog Archive » Australian writer jailed in Thailand for dissing royalty

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:35:43 +0000

[...] Nicolaides, an Australian expatriate living in Thailand, has been sentenced to three years for lèse-majesté. He was arrested last August and charged with insulting the monarchy in a single paragraph of his [...]

By: Harry in world’s spotlight « FACT - Freedom Against Censorship Thailand

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:00:12 +0000

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