US academic arrested in Thailand for insulting monarchy

Thailand Revokes Visa Of US Academic Charged With Royal Insult

Thailand's immigration authorities on Wednesday revoked the visa of a prominent American scholar detained a day earlier on royal defamation charges, his lawyer said. Paul Chambers, who has spent over a decade teaching Southeast Asia politics at a Thai university, had his bail request rejected Tuesday by a court in Phitsanulok province after reporting to police to answer a charge of lese-majeste. His case is a rare instance of a foreigner falling…

Thailand revokes visa of American detained on royal insult charge

Thai immigration authorities have revoked the visa of detained American academic Paul Chambers , who is facing a charge of royal defamation , his lawyers said on Wednesday.

American Is Arrested in Thailand on Charges of Criticizing Royalty

The U.S. State Department said it was alarmed at the arrest of Paul Chambers, a lecturer in civil-military relations, under Thailand’s strict lèse-majesté laws.

Dallas man fights to free brother jailed in Thailand for allegedly insulting monarchy

Paul Chambers is jailed in Thailand, accused of defaming the monarchy. His brother in Dallas is seeking U.S. help, saying he didn’t write the offending words.

American lecturer arrested in Thailand and accused of insulting the monarchy

Paul Chambers, an American an prominent lecturer at Thailand's Naresuan University, turned himself into police in the northern province of Phitsanulok on Tuesday

US academic arrested in Thailand for insulting monarchy

Thailand has one of the world's strictest laws against criticizing the country's powerful monarchy. Foreigners are very rarely charged under the law, which prescribes up to 15 years in prison for those found guilty.