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Thailand’s judiciary is flexing its muscles, but away from PM’s plight, dozens of activists are at the mercy of capricious courts

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is swarmed by members of the media after a cabinet meeting at Government House on July 1, 2025. Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto via Getty Images Thai Prime Minister ...
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A royal pardon frees a Thai woman serving a 43-year prison term for defaming the monarchy

In this photo supplied by Amnesty International Thailand, Anchan Preelert greets well-wishers after her release by a royal pardon Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, from Central Women's Correctional ...
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Thailand’s former leader acquitted in royal insult case, but the list of those ensnared by lese majeste laws keeps growing

Arnon Nampa’s youngest child runs toward the sound of shackles. The 3-year-old’s only memories of his father, a prominent human right lawyer and activist, are from seeing him in a courtroom – not from ...
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Former Thai leader Shinawatra acquitted of insulting the monarchy

Aug. 22 (UPI) --Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra avoided a likely prison term Friday after his royal defamation case was dismissed. Shinawatra was indicted last year on charges he defied ...
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Thailand’s judiciary is flexing its muscles, but away from PM’s plight, dozens of activists are at the mercy of capricious courts

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is currently feeling the sharp end of the country’s powerful judiciary. On July 2, 2025, Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Paetongtarn from office as ...
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A royal pardon frees a Thai woman serving a 43-year prison term for defaming the monarchy

BANGKOK (AP) — A woman in Thailand sentenced to a prison term of more than four decades on a charge of royal defamation was released on Wednesday by a royal pardon after serving just under one-fifth ...