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Thai Lawmaker Gets 6 Years in Prison for Defaming Monarchy

BANGKOK – A court in Thailand convicted and sentenced a recently elected lawmaker Wednesday to six years in prison for defaming the monarchy under a controversial law that guards the royal institution.

Human Rights Watch decried the ruling, saying it ‘violated her rights to freedom of expression protected under international human rights law.’

Rukchanok Srinork arrived for her court hearing in the capital,