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<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>A Thai mother and father have sued their daughter, a vocal anti-establishment red-shirt residing in the UK, for posting video clips of herself defaming the monarchy after they received a storm of hate phone calls from Thai loyalists.&nbsp;</div> <div> </div>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The Criminal Court on Thursday acquitted a 65-year-old vendor of a charge of lèse majesté. He had been arrested for selling the banned book ‘The Devil’s Discus’ at yellow shirt rallies in 2006.</div> <p></p>

<div><br />The Criminal Court on Thursday acquitted a 65-year-old vendor of a charge of lèse majesté. He <a href="http://freedom.ilaw.or.th/en/case/485">had been arrested</a> for selling the banned book ‘Devil’s Discus’ at yellow shirt rallies in 2006.</div> <p></p>

<div>Kotee, a prominent hardcore pro-government red-shirt leader, has been the target of lèse majesté charges after he spoke to the foreign media about who is really behind the on-going anti-government protest. &nbsp; &nbsp;</div> <div> </div>

<div>It was the same spot where this 71-year-old man held a 45-day long hunger strike in 1992 to protest against General Suchinda Kraprayoon, then Prime Minister who came from a coup he led in 1991. The protest led to Black May, a people’s uprising in Bangkok which toppled the military regime and paved the way to a more democratic government for Thailand. </div>

<div>The pro-government United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) or red-shirt protesters have rallied since Saturday on Aksa Road on the western outskirts of Bangkok, vowing to protect the government against an upcoming charter court ruling that could see caretaker Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra toppled within weeks.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The red shirts’ 3-day-long rally also aimed to counter the anti-government protesters who have been protesting for five months. </div>

<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The Appeal Court on Wednesday affirmed the decision of the Court of the First Instance, finding Surapak P. not guilty of creating a lèse majesté Facebook profile, parodying the oath of succession of the monarch, and of posting defamatory messages against the King on the Facebook profile.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> </div>

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<div>&nbsp;</div> <div>Thai Criminal Court on Tuesday ruled that Narin Srichomphoo, an anti-establishment red-shirt supporter, was killed by a high velocity bullet shot by the military.&nbsp;</div> <div> </div>

<div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The Appeal Court on Wednesday affirmed the decision of the Court of the First Instance, finding Surapak P. not guilty of creating a lèse majesté Facebook page, parodying the oath of succession of the monarch.&nbsp;</div> <div> </div></div>

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