The controversial film Shakespeare Must Die, directed by Ing K, follows the movements of a theater group staging a production of Macbeth and includes footage taken from a May 19, 2010 military crackdown on anti-government protests.
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Thai courts are refusing bail for journalists and activists charged with the crime of lese majeste for apparently political reasons. Thai law criminalizes the expression of peaceful opinions deemed offensive to the institution of the monarchy.
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Chiranuch Premchaiporn, the editor of the Prachatai Thai news website, faces a possible 20-year jail sentence for not removing certain comments against the monarchy from her website quickly enough.
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After the Computer Crime Act came into effect in 2007, Thailand’s freedom of expression has suffered greatly. Gone are days when the country had what was considered one of the region’s freest media.
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Just before Iran, Burma ranked second to last in Internet freedom in a report called Freedom on the Net 2011, released on Monday by information watchdog Freedom House.
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On the eve of the World Day Against Cyber-Censorship, Reporters Without Borders awarded its 2011 Netizen Prize to the founders of Nawaat, a Tunisian blogging group.
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