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Free Harry Nicolaides: Cyber-demonstration to call for the release of jailed Australian writer Harry Nicolaides
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Date Written:  09/02/09
Year Published:  2009  
Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter

Since the new government took office in Thailand in December, many punitive measures have been ordered in the kingâ##s name in order to silence criticism. Anyone commenting on the royal family is liable to be threatened with a lese majeste prosecuti

Abstract:  Reporters Without Borders is organising a cyber-demonstration on the Internet on 9 February to call for the release of Australian writer Harry Nicolaides, who is serving a three-year prison sentence on a lese majeste charge for referring briefly to the monarchy in a novel set in Thailand. He has been held since 31 August 2008 in Bangkok.

â#oNicolaides has been treated unfairly and the sentence is disproportionate,â## Reporters Without Borders said. â#oNot only were the comments in his novel ...
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