กระบวนการถอนหญ้ายังไม่หยุดยั้ง
อีกสองกล้าถูกกำจัดด้วย ๑๑๒ ให้จำคุก ๒ ปี ๖ เดือน
พรทิพย์ มั่นคง กับ ปฏิวัฒน์ สาหร่ายแย้ม นักศึกษาละครเจ้าสาวหมาป่า
ทนายเผยว่า "ศาลไม่รอลงอาญาจำเลยทั้งสอง แม้จะไม่เคยกระทำความผิดมาก่อน เพราะมีพฤติการณ์ในการกระทำความผิดที่ร้ายแรง โดยทำการหมิ่นสถาบันต่อสาธารณะด้วยการเล่นละครในที่ประชุม"
หากแต่มีคำถามกินใจจากเพื่อพ้องของเธอและเขา
"ผมไม่รู้นะว่าละครที่น้องเล่นมันไปหมิ่นสถาบันตรงไหน เพราะการไต่สวนเป็นไปในทางลับ คนทั้งโลกก็เลยไม่รู้ว่าหมิ่นยังไง? และหมิ่นตรงไหน?
คนทั้งโลกก็เลยพากันวิจารณ์ว่ามันขัดกับหลักการสิทธิมนุษยชนสากล เพราะการดำเนินคดีใดๆ ต้องเป็นไปอย่างเปิดเผยตรวจสอบได้ แต่ ม.112 ตรงกันข้ามอย่างสิ้นเชิงกับสิ่งที่โลกเขาเป็น
ผมถาม? คุณเอากฏหมายที่โลกเขาติเตียนมาปกป้องสถาบัน!!! คุณคิดว่าสถาบันจะเป็นอย่างไรในสายตาชาวโลก?" ผู้ใช้นาม 'สิงห์ สีมา' เขียนไว้ในช่องความเห็นต่อข่าว 'ประชาไท'
"อำมหิต ฆาตกรรมกลางเมือง 99 ศพยังไม่เข้าคุกซักคน" ~ กานดา นาคน้อย นักวิชาการมหาวิทยาลัยคอนเน็คติกัต โพสต์สถานะ
"ภูมิใจในความกล้าหาญของเขา เขาตัดสินใจด้วยตัวเองมาตั้งแต่แรก" มารดาผู้ต้องขังกล่าวกับนักข่าว
เพื่อนๆ หลายสิบคนมาให้กำลังใจกอล์ฟที่ห้องขังใต้ถุนศาล ร้องเพลงบทเพลงของสามัญชนให้กำลังใจ ขณะที่เพื่อนๆ ฝั่งห้องคุมขังผู้ต้องขังชายร้องเพลงแสงดาวแห่งศรัทธา
ไม่นานฝนก็มา กล้าใหม่ได้เติบโต
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กลุ่มเพื่อนร้องเพลง"แสงดาวแห่งศรัทธา"ให้ 2 จำเลย"เจ้าสาวหมาป่า"
http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1424680336
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Two Thais are jailed for more than two years for 'defaming the monarchy' in a university play
Patiwat Saraiyaem and Porntip Mankong were both arrested in August 2014
The arrest came a year after a performance of satirical play 'The Wolf Bride'
Both originally given five-years in jail, but sentence halved after confession
Rights groups say 'lese majeste' prosecutions have surged since the army seized power from an elected government last May
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| Thai student Patiwat Saraiyaem (left), 23, and activist Porntip Mankong (right), 26, are escorted by prison security guards after their verdict at the Criminal Court in Bangkok |
Source: Daily Mail
'The court considers their role in the play caused serious damage to the monarchy and sees no reason to suspend their sentences,' he told a packed courtroom including the accused, their relatives and representatives from the UN human rights office and European Union.
Rights groups say 'lese majeste' prosecutions have surged since the army seized power from an elected government last May. The military seeks legitimacy from its self-designated role as protector of the monarchy.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 87, is revered by many in the country as a demi-god and anyone convicted of insulting the king, queen, heir or regent faces up to 15 years in jail on each count.
The pair had each been charged with one count of lese majeste linked to the performance at Bangkok's Thammasat University, to mark the 40th anniversary of a pro-democracy student protest on the campus that was brutally crushed by the military regime in October 1973.
After they were taken out of court in handcuffs their lawyer Pawinee Chumsri said her clients would not appeal.
Police are still hunting for at least six others involved in the play for allegedly violating '112' - the feared section of the Thai criminal code that is one of the world's most draconian royal defamation laws.
Of those on the wanted list, at least two have fled Thailand, joining dozens of academics, activists and political opponents of the military regime in self-exile since the coup.
The Paris-based International Federation of Human Rights said at least 40 people have been arrested since the takeover - with nine of them sentenced to between two and 15 years in prison.
Critics say the lese majeste law has been used as a tool to suppress political dissent, noting that many of those charged have been linked to the opposition Red Shirt movement.
Rights activists as well as local and international media are forced to censor discussion of cases since even repeating details of charges risks breaking the law.
Under junta rule Thailand has seen a rapid deterioration in civil rights with the military crushing any criticism of the coup - from banning protests and censoring the media to arresting and detaining opponents.
The Wolf Bride' was performed in October 2013, several months before the coup, but the case is just one of many driven through by the junta.
'The junta is using the law to bolster its legitimacy with the Thai people,' said Paul Chambers, director of research at the Institute of South East Asian Affairs in Chiang Mai.
Previous administrations including that of ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra have also used the legislation in this way, but the junta has been 'even stronger' in asserting its 'obedience to the monarchy' through the crackdown, he added.
Andrea Giorgetta from the International Federation of Human Rights also said the junta was drawing legitimacy through the monarchy and that the surge in lese majeste cases looked set to continue.
'We're expecting a lot more people to go to jail in the next month. Almost all cases have been backdated (for alleged offences) before the coup,' he told AFP. 'It's a very grim situation for rights in Thailand.'
Analysts say the most recent chapter of Thailand's long-drawn political turmoil is fuelled by anxieties over who will run the country when the more than six-decade reign of the world's longest-serving monarch eventually ends.
'The court considers their role in the play caused serious damage to the monarchy and sees no reason to suspend their sentences,' he told a packed courtroom including the accused, their relatives and representatives from the UN human rights office and European Union.
Rights groups say 'lese majeste' prosecutions have surged since the army seized power from an elected government last May. The military seeks legitimacy from its self-designated role as protector of the monarchy.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 87, is revered by many in the country as a demi-god and anyone convicted of insulting the king, queen, heir or regent faces up to 15 years in jail on each count.
The pair had each been charged with one count of lese majeste linked to the performance at Bangkok's Thammasat University, to mark the 40th anniversary of a pro-democracy student protest on the campus that was brutally crushed by the military regime in October 1973.
After they were taken out of court in handcuffs their lawyer Pawinee Chumsri said her clients would not appeal.
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| Patiwat Saraiyaem (pictured between two security guards), and Porntip Mankong were arrested last August, nearly a year after 'The Wolf Bride' - a satire set in a fictional kingdom - was performed |
Of those on the wanted list, at least two have fled Thailand, joining dozens of academics, activists and political opponents of the military regime in self-exile since the coup.
The Paris-based International Federation of Human Rights said at least 40 people have been arrested since the takeover - with nine of them sentenced to between two and 15 years in prison.
Critics say the lese majeste law has been used as a tool to suppress political dissent, noting that many of those charged have been linked to the opposition Red Shirt movement.
Rights activists as well as local and international media are forced to censor discussion of cases since even repeating details of charges risks breaking the law.
Under junta rule Thailand has seen a rapid deterioration in civil rights with the military crushing any criticism of the coup - from banning protests and censoring the media to arresting and detaining opponents.
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| Local students and activists show their support after a court announced the verdict on the two young Thais who were accused of insulting the monarchy in a university play |
'The junta is using the law to bolster its legitimacy with the Thai people,' said Paul Chambers, director of research at the Institute of South East Asian Affairs in Chiang Mai.
Previous administrations including that of ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra have also used the legislation in this way, but the junta has been 'even stronger' in asserting its 'obedience to the monarchy' through the crackdown, he added.
Andrea Giorgetta from the International Federation of Human Rights also said the junta was drawing legitimacy through the monarchy and that the surge in lese majeste cases looked set to continue.
'We're expecting a lot more people to go to jail in the next month. Almost all cases have been backdated (for alleged offences) before the coup,' he told AFP. 'It's a very grim situation for rights in Thailand.'
Analysts say the most recent chapter of Thailand's long-drawn political turmoil is fuelled by anxieties over who will run the country when the more than six-decade reign of the world's longest-serving monarch eventually ends.
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