Thai activist jailed for insulting king 

A prominent Thai pro-democracy activist was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday for posting an insult below an upside-down picture of the king on social media, a human rights lawyers’ group said. Parit Chiwarak, also known as “Penguin”, was found guilty of infringing Thailand’s stringent royal defamation, or lese-majeste, laws during youth-led pro-democracy

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