Court case here

In the last post, I promised to write something about the trial that started in Bangkok earlier this month. It involves the director and webmaster of a popular website known as Prachatai.com.

I contributed a piece to the Index on Censorship and sharing it here.

Webmaster trial in Thailand: A case of ‘shooting the messenger’

21 Feb 2011

The case of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, the webmaster on trial in Bangkok, has far-reaching implications for freedom of speech – not just in Thailand, but in the wider region too, argues Gayathry Venkiteswaran

Here is SEAPA's summary of the trial and the report from a forum we organised after the trial, with a view of the trends in the region.