BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court sentenced a well-known pro-democracy activist to three years in prison on Friday for allegedly insulting the king. On Saturday, September 14, 2024, the AFP news agency made this public.
In 2021, Jatupat Boonpattararaksa gave a speech critical of the monarchy in his hometown of Chaiyaphum. This was found to be a violation of the Thai insult law. Prior to the trial, Jatupat was held for six months and was eventually released on bond in the beginning of 2022. According to the Law on Insulting the King, he is still facing two more charges.
The 33-year-old activist played a significant role in the large-scale demonstration movement that took place in 2020 and 2021 and saw hundreds of thousands of people—mostly young people—take to the streets in support of reform. Influential monarchy. This ASEAN nation's most stringent laws, which carry maximum sentences of 15 years in prison, shield the monarchy from criticism.
It should be mentioned that more than 270 persons have been found guilty using this law since 2020. Another Thai activist, Parit Chiwarak, was given a two-year prison sentence in July; in May, Netiporn Sanae-sangkhom, another activist, died on a hunger strike after being imprisoned for insulting the King.
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