<p>Nearly half a year ago, a group of family members affected by the controversial lese majeste law decided to form The Network of Family Members and Peoples Affected by Article 112.</p>

<p>A Bangkok court acquitted the netizen Surapak Phuchaisaeng two days ago of charges of insulting the king (lèse-majesté), for which he had been <a href="http://en.rsf.org/thailand-new-cases-suggest-no-change-in-13-09-2011,40978.html">remanded in custody since September last year</a>.</p>

<p>On 31 October 2012, Thailand’s Criminal Court in Bangkok dismissed charges against Mr. Surapak P., a defendant facing charges under the lèse majesté law (Article 112) and the Computer-related Crime Act 2007. It is very rare for a defendant to be able to convince the Court that the evidence used against him could have been fabricated. Prior to this, only one lèse majesté defendant, “<a href="http://prachatai.com/english/search/node/bento">Bento</a>”, was acquitted for similar reasons by arguing that the phone line used to access the internet was not registered in her name.</p>

<p>Twenty opponents of the lese majeste law held a 112-minute vigil outside the Criminal Court yesterday to condemn the postponement of lese majeste detainee Somyos Prueksakasemsuk's sentencing. The verdict has been postponed to December 19.</p>

<p>The Appeals Court has rejected Amphon Tangnoppakul&rsquo;s bail request, saying that it &lsquo;does not believe that the defendant will not flee.&rsquo;&nbsp; The public prosecutor has been granted yet another month to appeal Joe Gordon&rsquo;s case.</p>

<p>Wanchai (family name withheld), about 60, has received combined sentences of 15 years in jail for disseminating leaflets deemed offensive to the monarchy in 2009.</p>