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Thai Activist Gets 18 Years for Insulting Monarchy

Thaksin supporter vows to appeal

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 28, 2009 5:41 AM CDT

(Newser) – A supporter of Thailand's exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was sentenced to 18 years in prison for insulting the monarchy in what free speech campaigners describe as a severe attack on political dissent, Reuters reports. The 46-year-old woman was arrested last year after a...   Read full story »

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