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“Friend of Thailand” calls for release of Chinese journalist held in Bangkok

Published on 5 July 2011Read

Mounting repression

Lèse-majesté charge used to crackdown on opposition media

Published on 2 May 2011Read

Attempt to transfer burden of investigating cameraman’s death on to Reuters

Reporters Without Borders deplores Department of Special Investigation director-general Tharit Pengdit’s suggestion that the investigation into (...)

Published on 14 April 2011 Read

13 years in prison for posting three messages on website criticizing king

Reporters Without Borders deplores the 13-year jail sentence that a Bangkok court imposed on 15 March on Thanthawut Taweewarodomkul, the (...)

Published on 17 March 2011 Read

Contradictions riddle enquiry into death of Reuters cameraman

Almost a year after Reuters cameraman Hiroyuki Muramoto was shot dead during violent demonstrations between anti-government Red Shirts and the (...)

Published on 1 March 2011 Read

Jiew’s trial adjourned until September for further witness testimony

The trial of the news website Prachatai’s editor, Chiranuch Premchaiporn, has been adjourned until 1 September with the agreement of her lawyers. (...)

Published on 14 February 2011 Read

Chinese dissident journalist detained in Bangkok despite UNHCR protection

Reporters Without Borders calls on the Thai authorities to release Sun Shucai, an 87-year-old refugee activist and journalist who was arrested in (...)

Published on 21 December 2010 Read

Website editor facing possible combined sentence of 82 years in prison

Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by the unprecedented harassment of Chiranuch Premchaipoen, the editor of the Prachatai news website. (...)

Published on 1 October 2010 Read

Prachatai editor released on bail

Prachatai editor Chiranuch Premchaipoen was released after paying 200,000 bahts (about 4,800 euros) in bail. 24.09.2010 News website editor (...)

Published on 24 September 2010 Read

Does state of emergency justify censorship of Red Shirt media?

Control of media that are affiliated to or support the Red Shirt movement has been reinforced considerably since a state of emergency was imposed (...)

Published on 29 July 2010 Read

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Thailand - 10 August 2011

French-Vietnamese blogger sentenced to three years in prison

Thailand - 10 August 2011

Blogger released from prison but placed under residential surveillance

Thailand - 8 August 2011

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Report on violence against media during recent Bangkok unrest

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"Prime Minister, you promised that no more journalists would go to prison"

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PETITIONS

Suwicha Thakor was condemned to a 10-year jail sentence by a criminal court in the northeast Bangkok district of Ratchada imposed on 3 April 2009 for posting content online that was deemed to have insulted the monarchy. Thakor has been held in Bangkok’s Klong Prem prison since 14 January.

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