Australian jailed - 2,300 websites blocked (Thailand)

Mon, 19 Jan 2009

Melbourne author Harry Nicolaides has been sentenced to three years in a Thai jail for insulting the country's royal family in a novel.

For ABC news on this issue in text format

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/19/2469440.htm

Man who insulted Thai monarch jailed for 3yrs
By South East Asia correspondent Karen Percy

Refer also

http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKTRE5052YY20090106

Thailand blocks 2,300 sites deemed insulting to king Tue Jan 6, 2009 12:41pm GMT

Source:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Australia
• censorship
• literature
• Thailand
• Lese-majeste

[JariRecorD]

I'm Thai. please help my country from devil law.We don't need propaganda from Monarchy.

[MrDanricho]

an not a single fuck was given for the royal family that day

[MagicMutilator6000]

Who cares about what he wrote? these laws are pissing people off

[addyr8]

stupid monarchy

[amerimashiro]

There are similar laws in european countires,too. In Netherlands in october 2007, a 47-year-old man was fined €400 for, amongst other things, lese-majesty in the Netherlands when he called Queen Beatrix a "whore" and described several sexual acts he would like to perform on her to a police officer.

[ElleCM2]

@moonfrogrich2

Moral laws yes , ridiculous laws with no moral creamy center? HELL NO 

[clarrisina]

what a place. Horrible and scary

[Robertnuns]

what a fucking idiot

[Bong420on]

@streethingX you think your respectable,bullshit you think it's cool to boast about tourist murderers think your hard now, wait till ya go to hell you will be getting fucked by the devil hahahaha

[47Indigo47]

What did he do?