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Bookmark or Share- Thailand’s Draconian 112 Lèse-majesté Law: Any Hope for Change?A repressive law limiting criticism of the Thai monarchy has placed the current king beyond reproach, but popular discontent with the legislation and the monarchy is growing.
- Lèse-majesté - WikipediaLèse-majesté or lese-majesty (UK: / ˌ l iː z ˈ m æ dʒ ɪ s t i / leez MAJ-ist-ee, US: / ˌ l eɪ z-/ layz -) [1] [2] [3] is an offence or defamation against the dignity of a ruling head of state (traditionally a monarch but now more often a president) or of the state itself.
- Thai Court Announces Another Harsh Prison Sentence Under Royal Insult LawThe court found that 14 of these messages violated the Article 112 of the Thai criminal code, also known as the lese-majeste law, and the Computer Crime Act.
- Lèse-majesté in Thailand - WikipediaThailand is the only constitutional monarchy to have strengthened its lèse-majesté law since the Second World War. With penalties ranging from three to fifteen years imprisonment for each count, it has been described as the "world's harshest lèse majesté law" [1] and "possibly the strictest criminal-defamation law anywhere". [2]
- Lese-majeste explained: How Thailand forbids insult of its royalty - BBCThailand's lese-majeste law, which forbids the insult of the monarchy, is among the strictest in the world.
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