UN rights office calls on Thailand to amend royal insult law
Channel NewsAsia - Asia·2020-12-18 23:00
GENEVA: The United Nations human rights office on Friday (Dec 18) called on Thailand to amend its lese majeste law which it said had been used against at least 35 activists - one as young as 16 - in recent weeks.
It said Thailand should stop using the law, which bans insulting the monarchy, and other serious criminal charges against protesters, saying that criminalising such acts violates freedom of expression.
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