By Prachatai |
<p>Thailand’s young people now have an increased risk of depression and suicide, Kiattibhoom Vongrachit, Director-General of the Department of Mental Health (DMH), told Thai PBS on Monday (10 June).</p>
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<div>Despite standing next to a police officer, an elderly woman with a mental illness has been slapped in the face for allegedly insulting King Bhumibol. </div>
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<div>Since 17 October 2016, Thai social media has been sharing a video clip of an elderly woman being scorned on a public bus.
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<div>A report reveals that Thai justice system hardly take mental-illness of lèse-majesté suspects into account and the number of lèse-majesté cases against mental-illnesses has increased after the 2014 coup. </div>
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<div>On Tuesday, 28 June 2016, Thailand’s Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) <a href="http://www.tlhr2014.com/th/?p=712">published</a> a report showing the obvious increase in number of lèse-
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By Harrison George |
<p align="center"><strong>Examination on Civic Leadership and General Sense of Superiority</strong></p>
<p><em>To be taken by Prime Ministers, Test Writers for Civic Duty classes, Administrators of Triam Udom Suksa School who are not psychiatrists but can still diagnose mental illness from test answers, and True Believers in True Thainess.</em></p>
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<div>The military court in Chiang Rai on Thursday ruled to proceed with the trial of a lèse majesté case despite an obvious lack of intention on the part of the defendant who allegedly was out of his mind when committing the crime. </div>
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