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Ji Ungpakorn on the abolition of lèse majesté

May 3rd, 2008 by Andrew Walker · 7 Comments

Time to abolish the lèse majesté law in Thailand
Giles Ji Ungpakorn
Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
Once again we are seeing the extreme Right in Thailand using lèse majesté as an excuse to encourage acts of violence against those who stand up for freedom and justice. Thirty years ago, agitation by the extreme Right, through [...]

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