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Thai rights lawyer Arnon Nampa jailed for 2 more years over royal insult, fined US$4 for using loudspeaker

Thai rights lawyer Arnon Nampa jailed for 2 more years over royal insult, fined US for using loudspeaker

A court in Thailand on Monday sentenced one of the kingdom’s leading democracy activists to a further two years imprisonment on royal insult charges. It is the latest charge levelled …

Indonesia’s top court upholds Prabowo’s presidential win, dismissing fraud allegations from rivals

by Walter Watson

Otto Hasibuan, a lawyer for Prabowo, said the ruling represented “a victory for all Indonesians”, and reaffirmed that the former military leader was looking forward to taking office in October. …