1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 1999: Thailand - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="4AS7La6oec"><a href="https://cpj.org/2000/03/attacks-on-the-press-1999-thailand/">Attacks on the Press 1999: Thailand</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2000/03/attacks-on-the-press-1999-thailand/embed/#?secret=4AS7La6oec" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 1999: Thailand” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="4AS7La6oec" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Thailand's journalists enjoy one of the freest presses in the developing world, and a new constitution implemented in 1997 provides some of the broadest press protections in Asia. The 1997 Official Information Act, which is modeled on the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, gives the public the right to access information that was once routinely…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260