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  Thai opposition figure vows to fight on despite royal defamation case

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 11:14pm on January 21, 2021

  A billionaire Thai opposition figure accused of defaming the country’s monarchy has vowed to keep campaigning for reform, despite facing what he dubbed a ‘politically...

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  Thai woman awarded 43-year jail term for lese majeste

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 08:04pm on January 19, 2021

  A Thai woman accused of insulting the royal family was jailed Tuesday for more than 43 years, a legal rights group said, the harshest punishment...

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  Thai students mark Teachers’ Day with paint-soaked protest

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 10:19pm on January 16, 2021

  Students piled bamboo canes and stationery in front of Thailand’s Ministry of Education and splashed crimson paint on it to protest corporal punishment, one of...

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  Thailand arrests 19 Rohingyas

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 10:23pm on January 10, 2021

  Nineteen Rohingyas and a Thai woman accused of housing them have been arrested for illegal entry to Thailand, police said Saturday, as concerns grow about...

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  Thailand arrests 19 Rohingya, Thai woman for illegal entry

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 08:17pm on January 09, 2021

  Nineteen Rohingya and a Thai woman accused of housing them have been arrested for illegal entry to Thailand, police said Saturday, as concerns grow about...

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  Thai democracy protests seek UN help to repeal royal defamation law

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 11:50pm on December 10, 2020

  Thai democracy activists rallied at the UN’s Bangkok office Thursday and asked the body to pressure the kingdom into repealing royal defamation laws they say...

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  More Thai protest leaders charged with royal defamation

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 10:42pm on December 08, 2020

  More than a dozen leaders of Thailand’s pro-democracy protest movement were charged Tuesday under the kingdom’s tough royal defamation law for headlining demonstrations demanding...

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  Thai PM wins crucial legal battle

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 10:55pm on December 02, 2020

  Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, under pressure from months of street protests, Wednesday survived a legal challenge over his living arrangements that could have seen...

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  Thai court fires warning on eve of PM ruling

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 11:00pm on December 01, 2020

  Thailand’s constitutional court on Tuesday warned against ‘vulgar’ criticism of its rulings, on the eve of a crucial judgement that could see prime minister Prayut...

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  Thai protest leaders charged with royal defamation

  Agence France-Presse . Bangkok | Updated at 10:07pm on November 30, 2020

  Thai police charged five key leaders of the country’s pro-democracy protest movement Monday under the kingdom’s tough royal defamation laws, the first such use of...