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Somyot Prueksakasemsuk
Court Affirms 10-Year Jail Term For Lese Majeste Convict
19 September 2014
vowed to crackdown on lese majeste offenders, who may now be tried in military courts. Since the coup, at least 16 people have been arrested in connection with charges of lese majeste.
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Thailand: Release activist imprisoned for allegedly insulting the monarchy
19 September 2014
The Thai Appeals Court upheld the sentence against Somyot Prueksakasemsuk for publishing two articles about a fictional monarch.
increasingly silencing dissentconvicted four peaceful protesters for violating a ban on public gatherings.
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The woman behind Somyos Pruksakasemsuk on 4th anniversary behind bar - Part I
Part I:The woman behind Somyos Pruksakasemsuk on 4th anniversary behind bar to be continued on Part II
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The woman behind Somyos Pruksakasemsuk on 4th anniversary behind bar - Part II
Mon, 20/04/2015
30 April will be the fourth anniversary of the deprivation of freedom of the red-shirt political magazine editor, sentenced to 10 years in jail for articles he did not write. His wife has been very supportive and became active campaigner against Article 112
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Many of his friends in prison who chose to plead guilty were released. Does this give him some discomfort?Do you feel that you want him to give in?Many people are wondering as to why he is very stubborn?What progress is there on the case now?
Last year, on 19 September, the Appeal Court handed down the verdict without informing me or his lawyer. He had to go to listen to the verdict alone. The Court of Appeal confirmed the ruling of the Criminal Court and we talked to each other that since we have come this far, we will go on until the end. His lawyer, Wasan Panich, will review and collect the arguments for the Supreme Court.
Do you still have hope that he will win the case?The prison term of 11 years is one-sixth of his life, what does he plan to do in prison?What time was most painful and uncomfortable for you?
The first years when I was following him while he was under custody because he had to stand trial in different provinces. It was painful for me to see him being put in chains or prison clothes and have to walk without shoes unlike normal persons. It felt terrible. The worst days were when I submitted bail requests for him. I submitted 16 bail requests until I had no hope left at the end. At the beginning, while we were fighting the case and preparing all the information, using claims under Article 19 (Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) to point out that he is not guilty, we were spirited. However, they still refused to grant him bail and he had to be taken back and forth from the courts to prison. It really felt horrible because I felt that I had failed to fight for him and I had to see him being sent back to prison without coming home with me, but I tried my best to get better and take care of myself because I have to continue to fight for him from outside.
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Prueksakasemsuk
Tue, 05/05/2015
Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
Photo from Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) AHRC-STM-027-2013Source
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Locked up for 5 years: The life and ideals of Somyot Prueksakasemsukherewebsites in November 2015.
Somyot as a young man
(photograph provided by Sukanya Prueksakasemsuk,)
The extinguishing of his freedomLife within the walls of the prison
Somyot at the Phetchabun provincial court
The changes wrought inside the prison by the coupThe substance of his ideals
Somyot in the prison
(photograph from the Facebook page of Sa-nguan Khumrungroj)The figure behind the curtain of struggleFive years down, six more to go
A picture of Somyot by Ai Wei WeiFirst published on iLaw
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Call renewed to free jailed Thai editor
April 29, 2016
A group of 16 nonprofits, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, on Friday called for the immediate release of a Thai editor who is serving a 10-year prison sentence on charges of lese-majeste.
"We urge the Thai government to end the persecution of Somyot Phrueksakasemsuk and immediately set him free to return to his wife and family.
In addition, we call on the Thai government to provide Somyot adequate compensation and effective remedy for the arbitrary deprivation of his liberty," the nonprofits said in a joint statement.
Somyot, 54, is in Bangkok Remand prison for two satirical articles he published in the now-defunct magazine "Voice of Taksin", of which he was the editor, and it had allegedly insulted King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.
Somyot's arrest on April 30, 2011, came five days after he launched a campaign to collect signatures to amend the article that typifies the crime of lese-majeste, punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
The nonprofits claimed the conviction and detention "do not comply with Thailand's international legal obligations.
business-standard.com
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Somyot in the prison
(photograph from the Facebook page of Sa-nguan Khumrungroj)
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the Bangkok Post reported
Somyot in prison
(photograph from the Facebook page of Sa-nguan Khumrungroj)
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Free Thai editor Somyot, arbitrarily detained for 2,000 days, urges rights group
8 Dec 2016
Thai authorities must immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights DefendersBackground information
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (the Observatory) was created in 1997 by the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH. The objective of this programme is to intervene to prevent or remedy situations of repression against human rights defenders. OMCT and FIDH are both members of ProtectDefenders.eu, the European Union Human Rights Defenders Mechanism implemented by international civil society.
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Mon, 06/02/2017
Somyot Prueksakasemsuk
(file photo)
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