<p>On 24 March 2011, Frank G Anderson phoned the office of the prosecutor at Rachadaphisek to inquire re. status of a criminal defamation case filed against him by Pol Col Wattanasak Mungkijkarndee, a close associate of UK national Akbar Khan who had earlier filed an identical allegation with police. </p>

<p>A mildly relieved Chiranuch Premchaiporn of Prachatai heard in court today that a request from authorities to extend her bail conditions has since been dismissed.</p>

<p>Six weeks after the postponement of her trial under charges from the Computer Crimes Act, Chiranuch Premchaiporn of Prachatai (better known as Jiew) finds herself unexpectedly back in a courtroom.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On 21 Mar, the Criminal Court denied bail for Amphon Tangnoppakul, who was charged with sending l&egrave;se majest&eacute; messages through SMS to key government figures last year.</p>

<p>On 21 Mar, the Appeals Court denied bail with 1.3 million baht in cash as guarantee for Thanthawut Thaweewarodomkul, the web designer of Nor Por Chor USA, who was sentenced last week to 13 years in jail.</p>

<p>On 19 Mar, during the red shirts’ rally at the Democracy Monument, a CD vendor was arrested and denied the right to consult a lawyer.</p> <p></p>

<p>In today&rsquo;s Chamber judgment in the case <a href="http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&amp;documentId=882829&amp;portal=hbkm&amp;source=externalbydocnumber&amp;table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649">Otegi Mondragon v. Spain</a> (application no. 2034/07), which is not final¹, the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been:</p> <p><strong>A violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) </strong>of the European Convention on Human Rights.</p>

<p>London 16.03.11: Red shirt-affiliated website administrator Thanthawut Taweewarodomkul has been sentenced by a Thai court to 13 years in prison for posting content offending the royal family. ARTICLE 19 is deeply concerned about the mounting clampdown on freedom of expression in Thailand, especially on the internet.</p>

<p>The Criminal Court has given a ruling that Thantawut Thaweewarodomkul, the web designer of Nor Por Chor USA, is guilty under Section 112 of the Criminal Code (lese majeste) and Computer Crime Act (CCA), and sentenced him to 13 years&rsquo; imprisonment, 10 for lese majeste and 3 for computer crimes.</p>

<p>The case of Khun &ldquo;Pla&rdquo; (ปลา), a freelance media writer, arrested by police handing out information on 112 at the UDD rally on Saturday needs to be highlighted, not for the case itself (though that is important) but the <em>manner </em>in which she was arrested. Depressingly, she was handed over to the police by seven rude UDD guards (three were actually police hired as UDD guards) who then took her to the police station between 6-7 hours until after the demonstration finished and then released.</p>

<p>A red-shirt woman was seized and taken to the police by guards of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship during the rally on Saturday when she was distributing leaflets containing information about Article 112, or the l&egrave;se majest&eacute; law, and royal assets.</p>

<p>(Hong Kong, March 8, 2011) Two United Nations experts have sent &quot;a letter of allegation&quot; concerning the case of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, the webmaster on trial in Bangkok for charges of lese-majesty and computer crime, one has revealed in a new report.</p>