Tag: Somyot Prueksakasemsuk

Somyot Prueksakasemsuk stands next to his supporters after his release from a Bangkok prison in Thailand
Thai editor released from prison after 7 years

Bangkok: A Thai editor was released from prison on Monday after seven years of incarceration for two articles considered offensive to the monarchy, whose image is protected in the country under the lese majeste law. Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, 56, was jailed in 2011 after publishing two satirical texts in the now-shut down daily “Voice of Thaksin […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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