Topic: Freedom of Expression

An American Will Go to Jail for Insulting the Thai King

AP

U.S. citizen Lerpong Wichaikhammat has begun a two-and-a-half-year jail term in Thailand for insulting the Thai monarchy in a blog post that linked to an banned biography of the king.

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