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Thai King’s Son Signals Openness to Criticism of Controversial Royal Defamation Law
An exhibition in New York about a controversial Thai law that criminalizes insulting the country’s monarchy welcomed an unlikely visitor this week: the son of Thailand’s king. Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse, the estranged second son of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, showed up Monday to the “Faces of Victims of 112,” an exhibition at Columbia University that highlights stories of people who have either been imprisoned or gone into exile because of Section 112 of Thailand’s criminal code, a royal defamation law that observers say has been largely wielded against political dissent. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Lèse-majesté, which can carry a sentence of up to 15 years in jail, has c

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