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Thailand: 15-year-old girl held in pre-trial detention for lèse-majesté (Amnesty International)

On 7 March 2023, the Criminal Court in Bangkok sentenced a man to three years' imprisonment for selling calendars via a Facebook page which the authorities ...

On 7 March 2023, the Criminal Court in Bangkok sentenced a man to three years’ imprisonment for selling calendars via a Facebook page which the authorities deemed to be in violation of the lèse-majesté law. Yok (whose full name is being withheld for security reasons), the 15-year-old activist put in pre-trial detention this week, joined a peaceful protest on 14 October 2022 where she called for the removal of the lèse-majesté law. “Recent cases demonstrate the dramatic shrinking of civic space for millions of people in Thailand, as authorities increasingly refuse to tolerate peaceful dissent.

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Miss Thailand International 2023 launched, meet new national director (PAGEANT Circle)

The license has been awarded to Pawina Bamrungrot, CEO of ERM Thailand Company Limited and former Miss International Thailand who placed in the Top 12 at Miss ...

Photos: Miss Thailand International Manhunt Thailand 2018 Rattanan Sukubon and Manhunt Thailand 2022 Toto Pakorn Rodkhumpiyaset were also present. Miss Thailand International (not Miss International Thailand) 2023 will open for application in July with the audition and selection process running through the end of August while the final is expected to take place in September 2023.

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Editorial: Thailand must learn from Japan's IR mistakes (Inside Asian Gaming)

A recent report submitted by a special parliamentary committee recommended the development of up to five casinos nationwide, to be complemented by various non- ...

Even now, a year after Osaka and Nagasaki submitted their bids in April 2022, the government has offered no evidence it’s even close to making a decision on whether those bids have been successful. Ultimately, there were a handful of key factors at play – perhaps most telling among them a distinct lack of cooperation from the Japanese government with its prospective operators in what should have been a true PPP (Public Private Partnership). More importantly, the idea appears to have garnered both bipartisan support and widespread public approval – an important footnote ahead of the upcoming general election in May.

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Thailand: 15-year-old detained for insulting the monarchy (Amnesty International UK)

'This development is yet one more unsettling reminder that the Thai authorities continue to target children' - Chanatip Tatiyakaroonwong.

Yok* is being held for calling for the lèse-majesté law to be scrapped during a peaceful protest on 14 October. This includes at least 237 people, 18 of whom were children, charged with insulting the monarchy. “This development is yet one more unsettling reminder that the Thai authorities continue to target children as they use the law on lèse-majesté to suppress peaceful dissent.

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