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Top Thai protest leader jailed on royal insult charges

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A THAI court today jailed one of the leading figures in the kingdom’s youth-led pro-democracy protest movement for four years on royal insult charges.

Anon Numpa was convicted under Thailand’s tough lese majeste laws over a speech he made in Bangkok in 2020 at the height of street demonstrations.