BANGKOK: A blind woman was jailed for 18 months by a Thai court for sharing a Facebook post deemed defamatory to the royal family, her lawyer said, the latest victim of a tough law that shields the monarchy from criticism.
Nuhurhayati Masoe, 23, who hails from Thailand’s Muslim-majority Yala province, was punished for publishing an excerpt from an article on the social media platform in October 2016.
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