Thailand - New cases suggest no change in lèse-majesté policy

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders regrets that the new Thai government is betraying the principles it originally affirmed by failing to put an end to misuse of the country's lèse-majesté laws in order to censor and detain journalists, bloggers and netizens whose articles and posts are the subject of complaints because they are outspoken or raise sensitive issues. The press freedom organization fears that the new government lacks the will to implement what Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra had (...)

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