<p>The Criminal Court has sentenced a well-known anti-establishment red-shirt country singer to seven years and six months in prison for lèse majesté, making him promise to grow trees to honour the Thai monarchy after his release.</p>
<p>On Wednesday morning, 1 June 2016, the Criminal Court on Ratchadapisek Rd, Bangkok, sentenced Thanat Thanawatcharanon, 58, aka Tom Dundee, a country singer-turned-red-shirt activist, to 15 years’ imprisonment for offences under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law.</p>
<p>A Provincial Court has sentenced two suspects accused of making false claims about HRH Princess Sirindhorn for financial benefit to three years and eight months in prison.</p>
<p><a href="https://tlhr2014.wordpress.com/2016/05/30/112kampangpetch_5/">Thai lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR)</a> reported that the Provincial Court of the northern province of Kamphaeng Phet sentenced Kittiphop S., 23, and Wiset P., 30, to four years’ imprisonment for offences under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law.</p>
<p>After being imprisoned for almost two years, a well-known anti-establishment red-shirt country singer recanted earlier statements and pleaded guilty to a lèse majesté charge.</p>
<p>At the Criminal Court on Ratchadaphisek Rd., Bangkok, on Monday morning, Thanat Thanawatcharanon, 58, aka Tom Dundee, a country singer-turned-red-shirt activist, pleaded guilty to an offence under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lèse majesté law.</p>
<p>Thanat was indicted on two lèse majesté charges.</p>
<p>An ultra-royalist doctor says that patients can rest assured that most medical staff in his hospital are pro-junta royalists.</p>
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<div>A military court has denied bail to two critics of the junta who have been charged with lèse-majesté, citing the severity of the charge.</div>
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<div>On Thursday, 19 May 2016, the Bangkok Military Court denied bail to Harit Mahaton and Natthika Worathaiwich, charged under the lèse-majesté law, ruling that the two might obstruct the investigation process and were flight risks.</div>
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<div>Their lawyer submitted a bail request with 700,000 baht surety for each individual.</div>
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<div>Harit and Natthika were two of the eight junta critics abdu
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<p>After the Thai representatives to the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) told other nations that Thai military courts only handle serious crimes involving civilians, Thai human rights lawyers have come up with some facts to counter the lies about the military courts.</p>
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<p>John Draper discussed a Wikileaks cable. </p>
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<p>The Thai government’s pledges to the United Nations Human Rights Council to respect human rights and restore democratic rule have been mostly meaningless, Human Rights Watch said today. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/thailand">Thailand</a> appeared before the council for its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva on May 11, 2016. The UPR is a UN examination of the human rights situation in each country.<br /></p>
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<div>Amid international concerns on the abuse of Thailand’s lèse majesté law, the Thai Justice Minister said other countries did not understand that the law is necessary for Thailand since they did not have civilization, sensitivity, and gentleness.</div>
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<div>Gen Paiboon Koomchaya, the Minister of Justice, said in having the King, Thailand was unique and civilized.
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<p dir="ltr">The Military Court has detained two of <a href="http://www.prachatai.org/english/category/the-eight-abducted-junta-critics">the eight junta critics </a>and another political dissident charged under the lѐse majesté law.</p>
<p>The Military Court of Bangkok at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, 11 May 2016, granted custody permission to the police to detain Harit Mahaton and Natthika Worathaiwich, suspects of offences under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lѐse majesté law. </p>
<p>The Military Court has detained two of <a href="http://www.prachatai.org/english/category/the-eight-abducted-junta-critics">the eight junta critics </a>and another political dissident after they were charged under the lѐse majesté law.</p>
<p>The Military Court of Bangkok at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, 11 May 2016, granted a police request to detain Harit Mahaton and Natthika Worathaiwich, suspects under Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lѐse majesté law. </p>
<p dir="ltr">After the Military Court released the eight junta critics charged for sedition on bail, police detained two of the eight again as they have been charged of lѐse majesté. </p>
<p>The police, at around 5:20 pm on Tuesday, 10 May 2016, detained Harit Mahaton and Natthika Worathaiwich, suspects under Article 116 and Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the sedition and the lѐse majesté law.</p>