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Clooney Foundation Invokes United Nations Over Death of Thai Free Speech Activist Netiporn Sanesangkhom
The Clooney Foundation has made an appeal to the United Nations over the death in custody of Thai free speech activist Netiporn Sanesangkhom.
The Clooney Foundation’s TrialWatch unit says that it is “seeking remedies for violations of Netiporn’s rights, including reparations for her family and, more broadly, an opinion from the Working Group urging Thailand to stop misusing detention to stifle criticism of the monarchy.” Thailand has some of the world’s strictest lèse majesté laws and authorities regularly use Section 112 of the Criminal Code to stifle pro-democracy commentary. While filmmakers including Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Ing Kanjanavanit have previously seen some of their works barred from release, authorities now argue that the government does not need to ban movies as other laws, such as Section 112, still apply.
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