Thailand student sentenced for insulting king in Facebook post
By Alison Sacriponte on Nov 04, 2014 01:41 pm[JURIST] A Thai court sentenced university student Akkaradet Eiamsuwan to two-and-a-half years in prison for posting a message on Facebook that the court said insulted the country's king. The criminal court judge found Eiamsuwan guilty of violating the nation's lese majeste law, which punishes people who defame, insult or threaten the monarchy. Thailand's lese-majeste law is one of the harshest, providing for jail terms of three to 15 years. Eiamsuwan, who used an alias to post the Facebook message in... +read more
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