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Sophie Deviller
Journalist based in Bangkok
AFP / Jewel Samad

Reporting under lese majeste

Tuesday 21 May 2019

"As Thailand readied to hold its first coronation in 70 years, rich in pageantry and rituals, I faced a tricky situation," writes Sophie Deviller, a journalist based in Bangkok.

"As a journalist, my job was to write as much as possible about the new sovereign and his reign. But in Thailand, writing the wrong thing about the king can cost you your freedom."

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