Lèse-majesté or lese-majesty (UK: /ˌliːz ˈmædʒɪsti/ leez MAJ-ist-ee, US: /ˌleɪz -/ layz -⁠) is an offence or defamation against the dignity of a ruling...

Thai lèse-majesté law has been on the statute books since 1908. Thailand is the only constitutional monarchy to have strengthened its lèse-majesté law...

imperial family," including lèse-majesté, were abolished in the 1947 revision of the penal code. Therefore, there is no lèse-majesté in the current law in Japan...

Crown, Article 56, the Spanish Constitution of 1978. The concept of lèse-majesté (lesa-majestad) exists in Spanish jurisprudence, which is the crime or...

Retrieved 28 March 2023. "Cambodia Passes Lèse-Majesté Law | Voice of America – English". 16 February 2018. "Lèse majesté law now in effect". The Phnom Penh...

lèse majesté was a man who attacked Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom with a tomato during her state visit in 1981. As of 2015, lèse majesté is...

to fly. Historically the Dutch monarch was protected by law against Lèse-majesté. The Netherlands was amongst the last remaining monarchies in Europe...

Other critics of the lèse majesté law were detained as well. The NCPO later summoned a number of exiled activists accused of lèse majesté, including former...

lèse majesté law, even though the people's attitude towards the institution varies from one reign to another. The kings are protected by lèse-majesté...

sharp rise in lèse-majesté prosecutions. Lèse-majesté cases rose from five or six a year pre-2005 to 478 in 2010. Although lèse-majesté officially only...

Vajiralongkorn had instructed his government not to use the lèse majesté law. At the time, the lèse majesté law had not been used since 2018, with the government...

This is the list of prosecuted lèse majesté cases in Thailand. Lèse-majesté in Thailand "A Critic May Now Look at a King", Macan-Markar, Marwaan, The Asian...

welcomed criticism. The lèse-majesté law is part of Thailand's Criminal Code and has been described as "world's harshest lèse majesté law" and "possibly the...

party in Thailand. Its flagship agenda was to amend Thailand's strict lèse-majesté laws, which forbid the insult of the monarchy. It opposed the remaining...

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activist from Thailand, who was arrested on 3 December 2016 on charges of Lèse-majesté in Thailand, the first such case under King Vajiralongkorn, following...

and its lèse majesté law. He has lived in self-imposed exile in France since the 2014 Thai coup d'état, following violent attacks and lèse majesté charges...

grounds of failing to remove lèse majesté comments on her website. The verdict came at a time when Thailand's lèse majesté laws were becoming increasingly...

Year by year Internet censorship has grown, with its focus shifting to lèse majesté, national security, and political issues. By 2010, estimates put the...

during the Cold War) as disloyalty to the state Espionage or spying Lèse-majesté, insulting a head of state and a crime in some countries Misprision of...

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soil. Vajiralongkorn is protected by one of the most strictly enforced lèse majesté laws in the world. For many years, criticism of the king, queen, crown...

Thai lèse-majesté law has been on the statute books since 1908. Thailand is the only constitutional monarchy to have strengthened its lèse-majesté law...

charged with lèse-majesté under the military junta-appointed government of Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont. Defamation and lèse-majesté laws are commonly...

father Apiruj Suwadee, 72, and mother Wanthanee, 66, were arrested for lèse-majesté. The two later admitted to misusing their royal connection 12 years prior...

and Lèse-majesté lawyer, Somsak Jeamteerasakul and Arnon Nampa are their legal advisors. The lyrics were sent to them to check for lèse majesté violation...

attempted to derail the proceedings a verdict was at last reached, guilt of lèse majesté. Two judges however refused to sign the conclusion, L'Hôpital, and du...

and all of its leaders from politics for its proposal to reform the lèse-majesté law, arguing it posed a threat to the constitutional order. Following...

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chemo. In January 2021, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit was charged with lèse-majesté, a strict defamation law, after criticizing Prayut Chan-o-cha government...