{
  "id": 4822143,
  "title": "Thailand jails activist over royal motorcade live streaming",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/thailand-jails-activist-over-royal-motorcade-live-streaming",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T08:28:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3365967/thailand-jails-activist-over-royal-motorcade-live-streaming"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 25-year-old Thai activist has been sentenced to two years in prison for violating the country's strict royal insult law, a rights group reported. Tantawan Tuatulanon's lawyer vowed to appeal the conviction, which came after her live streaming near a royal motorcade in March 2022. The court found her to have intended to defame Thailand's revered monarchy, questioning the conduct of police who dispersed protesters along the route of King Maha Vajiralongkorn's procession in Bangkok. Tantawan denied the charges, insisting her actions were an exercise of freedom of speech. She was released on bail pending her appeal and barred from traveling abroad, with a fine of 600 baht (US$18) for disobeying an official's order. Tantawan previously faced similar charges over the same incident and was detained again in 2024 for allegedly chasing the royal motorcade of Princess Sirindhorn, along with another activist, for sedition and computer crimes. The lese-majeste law is widely interpreted and has been used to target dissent, with nearly 300 people charged under it since pro-democracy protests in 2020.",
  "summary": "A Thai court has sentenced a 25-year-old activist to two years in prison for violating the country’s strict royal insult law, a rights group said, with her lawyer on Tuesday vowing to appeal. A criminal court convicted Tantawan Tuatulanon on Monday over a live streaming she aired near a royal motorcade in March 2022, legal advocacy group Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) said in a statement.…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}