<p>On 13 Dec 2011, police raided the homes of two Thai internet users, took them in for interrogation and seized their computers and several other items. They were released at night on the same day. Until now, they have not yet been officially charged.</p>
<p>On 8 March, Dusit Municipal Court sentenced Suphot and Suphat Silarat to 3 months in prison for assaulting law lecturer Worachet Pakeerut in late February.</p>
<p>On 5 March, Pranee Danwatthananusorn told Prachatai that her husband Surachai was going to petition the government to seek a royal pardon for all political prisoners including those jailed for lèse majesté offences.</p>
<p>On 1 March, Suphot and Suphat Silarat, 30, turned themselves in to Chanasongkhram police, admitting that they had assaulted Worachet Pakeerut, a law lecturer and core leader of the Nitirat group, at Thammasat University on the previous day.</p>
<p>10 most popular comments, as of 9.00pm, 29 Feb:</p>
<p>Comment 48: [I] don’t support violence, but…this feels damn good!!! </p>
<p>Comment 50: Did they punch according to their rights and freedoms? </p>
<p>Comment 14: This is one form of freedom of expression, which can happen at Thammasat University. Mr Worachet should completely understand. </p>
<p>On 28 Feb, Phayao Akkahad, mother of <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/search/node/kamonkade">Kamonkade</a> who was killed at Wat Pathum Wanaram on 19 May 2010, led a group of activists to invite Army chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha to attend the funeral of <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/node/3072">Thanuthat Assawasirimankong</a>, who recently died from his injuries.</p>
By Pipob Udomittipong |
<p>29 February 2012: Worajet Pakirat, lecturer in Public Law at Thammasat University and founding member of the Nitirat Group, which demands reform of the repressive lèse majesté law in Thailand, was punched in his face by two men at the Tha Phra Chan Campus of Thammasat University in Bangkok today. </p>
<p>On 28 Feb, <a href="http://www.prachatai.com/english/search/node/Surachai Danwatthananusorn">Surachai Danwatthananusorn</a>, leader of the Red Siam group, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for lèse majesté on three counts, but the jail term was commuted by half due to his guilty plea.</p>
<p class="rteleft">Phansak Srithep has finished a long walk from Chiang Mai to Fang District to report to local police following complaints lodged against him by a monk with whom he had a heated dispute on Facebook over political conflicts.</p>
<p>The Appeals Court has rejected Amphon Tangnoppakul’s bail request, saying that it ‘does not believe that the defendant will not flee.’ The public prosecutor has been granted yet another month to appeal Joe Gordon’s case.</p>
<p>Dr Tul Sitthisomwong, leader of royalist multi-coloured group, explained his opposition against proposed amendments to the lese majeste law or Article 112 of the Criminal Code at an event held by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand on 16 Feb.</p>
<p>The following is an update regarding two criminal defamation cases filed against Frank G Anderson by Royal Thai Police based on accusations against him filed by UK national Akbar Khan and Thai police colonel Wattanasak Mungkijkarndee, both of whom in the past were very publicly connected with lese majesté accusations against Thais and foreigners, including the Foreign Correspondents Club and BBC in cases that are still current.<br />
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