Kings in the Age of Nations: The - Paradox of Lese-Majeste as

lese majeste  BANGKOK A recent spate of lese-majeste cases in Thailand, the most recent against an intellectual who questioned the heroic deeds of a king The Constitutional Court has ordered the Move Forward Party to cease all attempts to amend the lese-majeste law, saying that campaigning on

lese majeste although there was no evidence against him He is neither a politician nor an activist, and never criticised the king or posted BANGKOK A recent spate of lese-majeste cases in Thailand, the most recent against an intellectual who questioned the heroic deeds of a king

This is due to the Lese-majeste law which states that it is illegal to threaten, insult and defame the monarch of Thailand The law's original intention was to Thailand has the world's harshest lese-majeste law, and record sentences have been handed down since the 2014 coup Australian writer Harry