Thailand: another student charged with royal defamation and arrested, her house searched
Event- Country
- Thailand
- Initial Date
- Feb 25, 2021
- Event Description
Ms. Supriya Jaikaew, pro-democracy WHRD and administrator of Free Youth student group from Chiang Rai (the capital city of the eponym province in northern Thailand) was charged with lèse-majesté and Computer Crime Act and subsequently arrested, before being granted bail at around midnight. According to TLHR, this marked the 60th lèse-majesté case filed against pro-democracy defenders since late November 2020.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to liberty and security
- HRD
- Pro-democracy defender
- Student
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 19.93574841309847
Longitude: 99.88324379599113
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On February 25, 2021, WHRD and student from pro-democracy activist group was charged with royal defamation and arrested by the police, her house searched in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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