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Thailand cracks down on 'insults' to royal family

The number of prosecutions

Thai lese majeste laws under a new government that promised Soares've Clampdown

The number of prosecutions

in Thailand for insulting the royal family Soares A widespread repression of amide sites violate the laws of the country.

The new Thai government has pledged to take swift action against

At all sites beyond the lines. Convictions punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

Thailand had

Almost 75,000 sites blocked or suspended between 2007 and 2010, computer crime legislation in relation to most as treason. Activists hoped that the new government would relax the restrictions, particularly complaints against several leaders Because of the "red shirt" movement whose support Puea Thai to power.

Purpose

pressure following the Democrats Oust, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung has committed to set up a "war room" to address the issue online, the Bangkok Post reported. "Websites [treason] will not be tolerated by this government. I will take action as quickly as possible, I say.

the sensitivity of the issue comes amid increasing ill health of the revered King 83 years and bitter conflict between the Thai political elite, such as the powerful military, and supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister that the eviction of 2006, a shot. His sister, Yingluck, now heads Puea Thai party and country is considered history.

David Streckfuss, the leading expert on the subject and author of Truth on trial in Thailand, 30, said treason charges were sent to lower courts in 2006, 164 in 2009 and 478 in 2010 . Multiple charges are often heard in individual cells.

lese majeste law

The Who someone says Defamer, threaten or insult the king, the queen regent and heir apparent should be punished with 15 years in prison for three, that does not define the order of such behavior Constitution. "It has become confused with criticism of any institution," said Streckfuss, which drew parallel with McCarthyism. "It's easier, is vague and ambiguous shot of people."

Earlier this month

22, a student blogger Yospiyasathien noraw was charged. Other private boxes causing alarm Those Jiamteerasakul Somsak, a historian who proposed reforms to the monarchy, Thai-born American citizen Joe Gordon, whose blog linked to a banned book on the king, and the webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn, accused of not deleting user comments Presumption of insulting the king quickly.

"We can not deny That there is one more problem," says Chiranuch, who runs the independent news site Prachathai. "Proof that there is strong, with the political conflict, this Act, been abused."

hundreds of scientists, lawyers, writers and activists have joined the calls for reform of the law. Are they concerned the stress of the monarchy, how available the betrayal objective-used.

"[People] are used as a tool to destroy their political enemies," Worachet Pakeerut, a law professor at Thammasat University, told the Associated Press last month .



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