A royal pardon frees a Thai woman serving a 43-year prison term for defaming the monarchy

Thai Lawyers for Human Rights said 69-year-old Anchan Preelert was one of six political prisoners freed under a July 29 pardon on the occasion of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s birthday. Anchan, a former civil servant, was sentenced in January 2021 by the Bangkok Criminal Court on 29 counts of violatin...