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CountryThailand
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StageEliminate 1
OutcomeUpheld by a court 1
LevelNational 1
Head of governmentYingluck Shinawatra
Thailand: magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk is sentenced to 11 years under the lese-majeste law
A Thai court sentenced magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk to 11 years in prison under Article 112 of the penal code, the country's lese-majeste law barring insults to the royal family, over two articles he published under a pen name.
Insult and defamation laws · Stage Eliminate · Head of government Yingluck Shinawatra · Upheld by a court