A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for royal defamation over a 2021 post on X (formerly Twitter) about King Vajiralongkorn. He was later given a one-year suspended sentence on the grounds that he had never participated in any political protests.

A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for royal defamation over a 2021 post on X (formerly Twitter) about King Vajiralongkorn. He was later given a one-year suspended sentence on the grounds that he had never participated in any political protests.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 hours ago

    My partner was jailed for the same lèse-majesté law violation when she criticized the monarchy on Facebook. She fled the country before trial and came to the USA. She’s fought harder for democracy than any currently-living native-born American citizen. Fuck the king. (This is in Thailand.)