Thai courts are set to rule this year on hundreds of lèse-majesté cases, which are based on laws that forbid defaming, insulting of threatening members of the royal family. The charges carry a ...

Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Thailand's Naresuan University ... insulting or threatening King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his close family. The Office of the Attorney General said in a statement ...

American Academic in Limbo in Thailand Over Royal Insult Case, Family Says By Jonathan Landay and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -An American scholar remains in Thailand after prosecutors ...

It is an archaic piece of legislation that prohibits criticism of the Thai royal family and which is known as one of the most severe laws of its kind on the planet. Dr Chambers was jailed ...