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By Shawn W. Crispin
When a Bangkok court ruled that website editor Chiranuch Premchaiporn was criminally liable for an anti-royal comment posted by an anonymous
Committee to Protect Journalists
belie Thailand's
status as a modern society. In May, Thai authorities sentenced Chiranuch Premchaiporn, manager of the Prachatai website, to a suspended
eight-month jail term
May 30, 2012--The Committee to
Protect Journalists condemns today's conviction of Chiranuch Premchaiporn,
webmaster and director of the Prachatai
news and commentary website, for violating
May 30, 2012--The Committee to Protect
Journalists condemns today's conviction of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, webmaster of
the Prachatai discussion board, under
Thailand's Computer Crimes Act. The
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Using Internet 'Crime' Laws, Authorities Ensnare Journalists
By Danny O'Brien
Chiranuch Premchaiporn, editor of Prachatai, is the model of a modern independent news website
Les lois contre la cybercriminalité: le piège à journalistes
Par Danny O'Brien
Chiranuch Premchaiporn, directrice de publication de Prachatai, est le prototype d'un gestionnaire moderne de
and harassing Internet users who posted online material critical of the monarchy. Chiranuch Premchaiporn, editor of the news website Prachatai, faced a possible 50 years in
Cambodia's Hang Chakra, Malaysia's Zulkiflee Anwar Ul Haque,
or Zunar, and Thailand's Chiranuch Premchaiporn--were among the 48 awardees of
the Hellman/Hammett grant,
given to
When we launched the new edition of Attacks on the Press at the United Nations today, I was hit with questions about Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Both dealt with what amounts to the same problem: What do you do when you're asking a government to investigate a crime in...
h7 {float:none;width:auto;height:auto;font-family:sans-serif;font-weight:normal; margins:5px;} Top Developments • Using emergency decree, government blocks access to thousands of websites. • CPJ faults government, protesters for lethal violence against media. Key Statistic 2: Journalists killed during violent clashes between security forces and protesters in Bangkok. Armed clashes between anti-government protesters and state security...
