Koh Ewe (Koyu) was a reporter for TIME based in Singapore. Protesters—including some in crop tops, a popular reference to Thailand’s king—call for monarchy reform in Bangkok on August 16, 2020.

In the May election, a significant number of Thais are expected to vote for a party that has spoken about the need to reform – or even abolish – the lèse-majesté law. A protester with the “Stop 112” ...

The number of prosecutions for people accused of insulting the Thai monarchy has recently surged. Even Thaksin Shinawatra, the most powerful civilian politician in Thailand, could find himself facing ...

A Thai court on Wednesday ordered the kingdom’s most popular political party to end its campaign to amend the country’s notoriously strict royal defamation law, dashing its supporters hopes for reform ...

Arnon Nampa’s youngest child runs toward the sound of shackles. The 3-year-old’s only memories of his father, a prominent human right lawyer and activist, are from seeing him in a courtroom – not from ...

(Bangkok, Paris) The number of individuals charged with lèse-majesté has reached 100, FIDH and Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) said today. The overwhelming majority of these cases have stemmed ...

An exiled Thai professor talks about his campaign to abolish the controversial law, which criminalizes criticisms of the country’s monarchy. In Thailand, the past two years have seen more than 130 ...

In a decision that has bucked the trend of surefire convictions linked to the country’s harsh lese majeste laws, a criminal court acquitted former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra of royal ...

Jonathan Lese has joined Special Olympics Connecticut as vice president for corporate relations and special events. The Stamford resident will lead the organization’s fundraising and development ...