Check out what happened to this Australain author. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090119/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_australia_monarchy Crap, I spelled Australian wrong... dang phone.
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Wow. Just a great reminder of how much I take for granted here in the states.
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believe it or not, Thailand is pretty mild. If you go visit other countries PRISOnS are so HORRENDOUS! anad if this happened to you in Muslim countries, you might even end up getting executed
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The article in the link you gave (thanks for that I'll add it to my collection) mentions the Ji Ungpakorn case (actually his first name is Giles) which is still at the early stages of the process in Thailand. In some ways it is a bigger case than Harry's as Giles is an academic at one of the most prestigious universities in Thailand so its really going to be a test case for academic freedom of speech in Thailand. The result in Harry's case speaks for the way things seem to be going. In relation to Giles, I noticed the following a few days ago: "Giles Ungpakorn urged opponents of the charges against him to write a letter of protest to the prime minister at Government House, Bangkok, Thailand Fax number +66(0)29727751, to write letters of protest to the ambassador of the Royal Thai embassy in opponents' own countries, and to ask that Amnesty International take up all lèse-majesté cases in Thailand." http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1661&Itemid=185 This is Giles' book referred to in the article: http://www.isj.org.uk/docs/CFRbook.pdf I don't necessarily agree with all Giles' political views but I think freedom of speech is an important issue.
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