{"id":66107,"date":"2024-08-08T08:48:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/aug\/08\/thailands-lese-majesty-laws-explained-in-30-seconds"},"modified":"2024-08-08T08:48:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:48:29","slug":"thailands-lese-majesty-laws-explained-in-30-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=66107","title":{"rendered":"Thailand\u2019s lese majesty laws explained in 30 seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Criticism of the monarchy is punishable with between three and 15 years in prison. It is one of the most severe laws of its kind in the world<\/p>\n<p>Under article 112 of the Thailand\u2019s criminal code, criticism of the monarchy is punishable with between three and 15 years in prison. It\u2019s one of the most severe laws of its kind \u2013 known as lese majesty \u2013 anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p>People in Thailand have been prosecuted for political speeches, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/23\/thai-student-accused-of-mocking-king-with-crop-top-protest-denied-bail\">wearing clothes<\/a> deemed to be an impersonation of the royals, or for being involved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/mar\/08\/thailand-man-jailed-for-selling-duck-calendars-that-mocked-king\">sale of satirical cartoons<\/a>. If a person is hit with multiple cases, they can face decades in prison: in January 2024 a man was sentenced to 50 years over his comments about the royal family.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/aug\/08\/thailands-lese-majesty-laws-explained-in-30-seconds\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Criticism of the monarchy is punishable with between three and 15 years in prison. It is one of the most severe laws of its kind in the worldUnder article 112 of the Thailand\u2019s criminal code, criticism of the monarchy is punishable with between three a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[93,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thailand","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66108,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66107\/revisions\/66108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}