<div>Music is a powerful tool in political movements and revolutions. What if there was music which aims to push the envelope of the unutterable issue of the monarchy in Thai society under the lèse majesté law? Faiyen is an emerging pop band which transforms Thais’ private conversations about the monarchy into funny and catchy songs that people can sing and dance along to.&nbsp;</div> <div> </div>

<p><em>The attorney who's represented Amphon Tangnoppakul and Joe Gordon on lese majeste charges says he's standing by his principles</em></p> <p>Red-shirt attorney Arnon Nampa, who specialises in cases related to lese majeste, recently shot into the spotlight when his 61-year-old client Amphon &quot;Akong&quot; Tangnoppakul was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Amphon allegedly sent four SMS text messages deemed defamatory to Her Majesty the Queen and the monarchy to a personal secretary of then-prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.</p>