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POLITICSELEVATED18h ago · Sep 1, 2026, 8:28 AM

Thailand jails activist over royal motorcade live streaming

South China Morning Post · east asia

A Thai court has sentenced a 25-year-old activist to two years in prison for violating the country’s strict royal insult law, a rights group said, with her lawyer on Tuesday vowing to appeal. A criminal court convicted Tantawan Tuatulanon on Monday over a live streaming she aired near a royal motorcade in March 2022, legal advocacy group Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) said in a statement. The court found Tantawan intended to defame Thailand’s highly revered monarchy when she questioned the...

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