Several suggestions have been made for reforms to the lese majeste law. |
In March 2007, a Swiss, Oliver Jufer, convicted of lese majesty, was sentenced to 10 years for spray-painting graffiti on portraits of the king while drunk. |
We are concerned about the widespread impact of Thailand's lese majeste laws, including the direct implications for nationals of other countries, especially at a time of political tension through out the country. |
In 2008, Jonathan Head, the BBC's south-east Asia correspondent and vice-president of the Foreign Correspondents Clubb of Thailand, was accused of lese majesty by a police colonel, Watanasak Mungkijakarndee. |
Treating an accurate report from Andrew Gilligan on the Today programme as lese majesty, a British judge, Hutton by name, seemed to ignore the bulk of the evidence and declared the BBC guilty. |
Some members of your government are even calling for harsher punishments under the lese majeste law. |