Posts tagged lèse-majesté law
In Conversation: Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Founder of 112Watch
In Conversation: Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Founder of 112Watch

This week, we speak with Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Founder of 112Watch and Professor at Kyoto University, about Thailand’s lèse-majesté law (Article 112), political repression in Thailand and Southeast Asia, defending civic space, and the future of the movement against Article 112.

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The new Thai Senate: Less powerful and less predictable
The new Thai Senate: Less powerful and less predictable

Written by Mathis Lohatepanont

The new senators are largely unknown to the public; their individual preferences can only be gleaned with time, and so how they will behave is largely still a matter of speculation.

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