Following the sentencing to free speech activist Pimsiri Petchnamrob and three others to 2years and 8 months prison on a royal defamation charge, Human Rights Watch said that the prosecution of Pimsiri marks further backsliding on fundamental freedoms in Thailand.

In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of the Criminal Court, the fellows of the European Parliament's Sakharov Fellowship and laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thoughts have called on the Thai authorities to drop charges against human rights defender Pimsiri Petchnamrob and end the prosecution of Thai Thai prisoners of thought currently behind bars for peacefully voicing dissenting opinions.

UN experts* today (11 July) expressed grave concern over ongoing judicial proceedings against Thai woman human rights defender Pimsiri Petchnamrob, calling on the Government to drop charges against her and other human rights defenders who participated in pro-democracy protests.

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