Prachatai notes that the recent denial of bail for two people found guilty of royal defamation this June has brought the number of [documented] political prisoners in Thailand to 17.

In the following reproduction, where we have them, we add PPT links to the lese majeste cases Where we dont have them, well add a page to our already long lists.

The 10 people detained following a final verdict are:

*Anchan Preelert, a 65-year-old former civil servant, was sentenced to 43 years and 6 months on 29 counts of [lese majeste] for allegedly sharing and uploading clips on social media of an online talk show alleged to have made defamatory comments about the monarchy. After being found guilty and denied bail in January 2021, Anchan did not file for appeal and is now serving her sentence at the Central Women Correctional Institution. Her sentence is the longest ever given for an offence under Thailands royal defamation law, which carries a prison sentence of 3 15 years per charge.

Supagorn, 23, was accused of posting edited pictures of King Bhumibol and King Vajiralongkorn on Facebook in April 2020 and charged with violation of the Computer Crimes Act. In March 2021, he was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison and denied bail. He decided not to file for appeal and is now se...

Thai Lawyers for Human Rights have posted two important accounts of recent cases brought under Articles 110 and 112.

The first is about the Article 110 cases against five activists. In it, TLHR summarizes the witness testimony, compiled before the acquittal.

This case was considered important as Article 110 hadnt been used for years and the penalty could have been long imprisonment or even the death penalty for allegedly violating the Queens liberty and her well-being. Prince Dipangkorn was also in the car that unaccountably drove to a protest site.

The court hear of the irregularity of this royal procession:

The assembly of the peoples groups was announced almost a month in advance, and yet, on the day of the incident there is a procession to perform Royal religious ceremonies to many members of the royal family, including King Rama 10 and HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. Based on the testimony of the police, many royal processions have changed their routes in the past, so it is not clear why the Queens procession continued to take the route that passed through the...