Prosecutor v. Chiranuch Premchaiporn
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 14.993151949142197
Longitude: 101.22172645702746
- Country Location (Lié Case Law)
- Thailand
- Decision Date
- 23 déc. 2015
- Case Status
- Affaire Résolue
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Remanded for Decision in Accordance with Ruling
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Suspension of conviction issued against individual exercising FoE
- Keywords
- Censorship
- Freedom of Expression
- Insult to Head of State
- Media/Press
- Public Officials
- Publications
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- Suprême (cour d'appel de dernière instance)
- Case Number
- อ.1167/2553
- Case Summary
Chiranuch Premchaiporn, director of Prachatai, an online newspaper in Thailand, was sentenced to one year in prison with a fine of 30,000 baht, which has been reduced to eight months with suspension and 20,000 baht fine after appeal to all the three courts of justice. She was charged under the 2007 Computer Crime Act for failing to remove content on Prachatai’s forum that was deemed to be lèse-majesté. Global FoE could not identify official legal and government records on the case and information on the case was derived from secondary sources. Global FoE notes that media outlets may not provide complete information about this case. Additional information regarding legal matters will be updated as an official source becomes available.
- Case Significance
The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Related Caselaw (self)
- Source Name and URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
- Collection
- CIPIT
- Date Updated
- 16 mai 2024