Thailand - Call for magazine editor's release after trial on lèse-majesté charges

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders again urges the Thai authorities to release Somyos Prueksakasemsuk, the former editor of the banned magazine Voice of Thaksin, who was tried on lèse-majesté charges during the past four days in Bangkok, with witnesses for the prosecution and defence giving evidence. Somyos has been detained for the past 12 months. “The nine bail requests for Somyos during the past year were all rejected on the grounds that he could influence witnesses if he were released before his (...)

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