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Thailand's Lese-Majeste Witchhunt

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Dec 08, 2011
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Thailand’s growing curbs on freedom of speech have seen a grandfather sentenced to twenty years in jail for insulting the country’s monarchy, while a U.S citizen awaits a possible similar fate in a ruling due tomorrow.

Last month Ampon Tangnoppakul, 61, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of insulting Queen Sirikit in four sms texts sent to an…

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