<p>On 2 February, <a href="http://prachatai.com/english/category/sathian-rattanawong">Sathian Rattanawong</a> was released from Bangkok Remand Prison after serving a year and eleven months for selling CDs with lèse majesté content in 2011.</p>

<p>On 4 July, the Criminal Court sentenced Sathian (family name withheld) to 6 years in jail for lèse majesté and fined him 100,000 baht for illegally selling video CDs, and, as he pleaded guilty, the penalties were reduced by half.</p> <p></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>