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Verdict on Prachatai webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn postponed

By Mon, Apr 30, 2012 9:00AM UTC View Comments Chiranuch Premchaiporn. Pic: AP.

Today at 10.00 AM (Bangkok time) the Thai Criminal Court will give its verdict against Chiranuch “Jiew” Premchaiporn, the webmaster of the news website Prachatai. Chiranuch is being prosecuted for failing to delete 10 comments made by others that are deemed insulting to the monarchy not quickly enough. She has been arrested in 2009 and...

Live-Blog: Thailand Elections 2011

By Sun, Jul 03, 2011 2:59PM UTC View Comments Live-Blog: Thailand Elections 2011

The campaign is over, no more stump speeches, no more posters, no more mingling with the crowd  - today, the circus moves aside for the 43 million eligible Thais to vote in the 2011 general elections. The last few weeks and months saw a hotly contested campaign trial of nearly all 40 political parties which...

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