A Thai court has convicted a prominent political activist of defaming the country’s monarchy and sentenced her to a two-year suspended jail term under a controversial law that criminalises any ...

"The fire of struggle has not yet been extinguished. The seeds of freedom have been sown in people’s hearts already. We now ...

She has appealed the sentence and applied for bail ... before switching sides and joining the progressive movement. The monarchy and the laws that protect it have come under pressure in the ...

He faces a total of 14 cases under the lese-majeste law which protects the monarchy from criticism and carries a maximum prison sentence of 15 years. Critics have accused the government of ...

BANGKOK - A Thai man serving a record sentence for insulting the monarchy has been hit with three more charges, a rights group told AFP on Jan 14. Mongkol Thirakot, 31, was sentenced last year to ...

A Thai man serving a record sentence for insulting the monarchy has been hit with three more charges, a rights group told AFP on Tuesday. Mongkol Thirakot, 31, was sentenced last year to at least 50 ...