By Prachatai |
Lampang Deputy Governor has been investigated for alleged disloyalty to the monarchy over clicking the like button on the Facebook page of Yan Marchal, a French national well-known for his political parodies of Thailand’s monarchy and junta.
By Prachatai |
The ultra-royalist group People’s Centre to Protect the Monarchy has filed a royal defamation complaint against French TikToker Yan Marchal over his latest online video.
By Prachatai |
<p>November has seen a crackdown on freedom of movement as the Thai authorities have reportedly requested the Department of Consular Affairs to revoke the passports of 13 Thai activists and hastily expelled a foreigner who made fun of the government and monarchy.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>On 27 November, the Thai immigration Department issued an expulsion order to Yan Marchal, an expat who have lived in Thailand for 18 years, on the grounds that his behaviour posed ‘a possible danger to public.’ Marchal does not face any legal charge.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Khon Kaen University has terminated the work permit of David Eirich Streckfuss, an independent academic who oversees the Council on International Educational Exchange programme at the University. The decision reportedly came after police visited the University President and Faculty Dean, after Streckfuss participated in a workshop which partly involved decentralization.</p>
By Human Rights Watch |
<p>(New York, June 14, 2019) – Thai authorities are harassing and intimidating social critics for mocking Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha after he assumed the premiership for another term, <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/06/14/thailand-authorities-punish-mockery-junta">Human Rights Watch</a> said today.</p>
By Prachatai |
<p>After publishing a music video mocking NCPO leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha’s song “Returning Happiness to the People”, Bangkok-based French expat Yan Marchal said that he was visited by two police officers on Wednesday (12 June).</p>