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Prawet Prapanukul, a human rights lawyer, shows his opposition to the enforcement of Section 112 of the Criminal Code, aka the lese majeste law. (Undated photo supplied, via HRW.org)
112 turns 100
Source: Bangkok Post
7 May 2017
The count itself is possibly controversial. Andrea Giorgetta, head of the Asia section of the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights, keeps track as best she can. But there might be -- probably... are -- even more cases at the hands of the general prime minister, because lese majeste arrests and trials are sometimes secret and never completely open. The truth is that while there have been 105 known... prosecutions since May 22, 2014, there might have been more.
Thus far there have been no acquittals.
The count itself is possibly controversial. Andrea Giorgetta, head of the Asia section of the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights, keeps track as best she can. But there might be -- probably... are -- even more cases at the hands of the general prime minister, because lese majeste arrests and trials are sometimes secret and never completely open. The truth is that while there have been 105 known... prosecutions since May 22, 2014, there might have been more.
Thus far there have been no acquittals.
