<p><a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/category/warawut-thanangkorn">Warawut Thanangkorn</a>, aka Suchart Nakbangsai, and <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/category/suriyan-kokpuey">Suriyan Kokpuey</a> were expected to be released today, but their release has been delayed as some documents have yet to be signed by the court.</p>

<p>A 63-year-old woman, who was alleged to have committed l&egrave;se majest&eacute; during a protest in front the Constitution Court in July, has been diagnosed as mentally ill by psychiatrists.</p>

<p>After serving about 2 years and 4 months in prison, <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/category/nat-sattayapornpisut">Nat Sattayapornpisut</a> was released on 19 April this year.&nbsp; He was jailed for sending e-mails to a foreign friend containing links to some materials available on the internet deemed offensive to the Thai monarchy. </p>

<p>The Asian Human Rights Commission is pleased to learn that the criminal charges brought against Chotisak Onsoong and his friend for allegedly defaming the monarchy have been dropped by the prosecutor. The charges stemmed from the couple's decision not to stand during the royal anthem and video montage lauding the life of the king played prior to the screening of a movie in a central Bangkok theatre on the evening of 20 September 2007. When they did not stand up, Navamintr Witthayakul, a man standing in front of them, turned around and yelled at them.</p>

<p>Sondhi Limthongkul, leader of the yellow-shirt People&rsquo;s Alliance for Democracy, will testify in court on 21 Aug in his own defence against l&egrave;se majest&eacute; charges for repeating the words of Da Torpedo on a PAD stage in 2008.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

<p>Ekachai Hongkangwan's lese majeste trial has been deferred to mid-November after judges advised the defendant to change his plea by saying that he had no intention to defame the monarchy but that he merely wanted to share information.</p>

<p>The public prosecutor has decided to drop a l&egrave;se majest&eacute; case against <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/category/chotisak-onsoong">Chotisak Onsoong</a> and his friend who did not stand up for the royal anthem in a Bangkok cinema in 2007.</p>

<p>The lese majeste trial of Ekachai Hongkangwan, a man arrested for peddling pirated copies of a news documentary produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) about the future of the Thai monarchy and the lese majeste law began yesterday.</p>

<p>17 July 2012, BANGKOK -- First day of trial of Akachai H., the Australian documentary CD and Wikileaks seller, begins at Ratchada Criminal Court today. In May 2011, the 36-year-old legal lottery vendor was accused of breaching Article 112 of the Criminal Code, better known as the lese majesty law, and Article 54 of the Film and Video Act for selling VCDs of documentary produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) without license. The VCDs contain moving images of persons similar to HRH Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn and HRH Princess Srirasmi.</p>

<p>Jakrapob Penkair, former minister under the Thaksin government and a red-shirt leader, has fled Thailand and been in exile after the Abhisit government's first crackdown on the red-shirt movement in April 2009.&nbsp; He was interviewed by Prachatai's special reporter on 31 May this year.</p>

<p>Prachatai interviewed members of the Network of Family Members and People Affected by the Lese Majeste Law during their public launch at the 14 Oct Memorial on 7 July.&nbsp; Interviewees include Sukanya Prueksakasemsuk, Keechiang Thaweewarodomkul, Pranee Danwattananusorn and Rosmalin Tangnoppakul.</p>

<p>The country's first Network of Family Members and People Affected by the Lese Majeste Law was launched yesterday with 10 members who are either family of detainees charged with lese majeste or former prisoners convicted of lese majeste.</p>