Thailand: pro-democracy artist arrested for online criticising the handling of royal defamation cases
Event- Country
- Thailand
- Initial Date
- Aug 5, 2022
- Event Description
Mint (pseudonym), a traditional Thai dancer-turned-activist, has been arrested at her house on a royal defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act for posting a picture of a protest sign criticising the handling of royal defamation cases.
The officers initially told Mint that they were taking her to Yannawa Police Station and that she should tell her lawyer to meet there. However, the police later detained her at the narcotics suppression bureau, which is outside Yannawa police's jurisdiction. The temporary detention request will be made at the Court on 5 August afternoon.
At 17.00 on 5 August, the Court allowed her to be bailed with 200,000 baht as securities. She was prohibited from repeating their offences and interfering with court proceedings, must stay at home between 19.00 - 6.00, and must not leave the country.
Apart from the two individuals who have just been released and Mint, at least 28 political dissidents and activists are still being detained as of 4 August.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Enactment of repressive legislation and policies
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Online
- Right to liberty and security
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Artist
- Pro-democracy defender
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 13.739116223959904
Longitude: 100.47903709799559
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 5 August 2022, Mint (pseudonym), pro-democracy artist, was arrested on royal defamation and cyber-crime charges for criticising online the handling of royal defamation cases affecting fellow pro-democracy defenders in Bangkok, Thailand.