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    Lèse-majesté or lese-majesty (UK: /ˌliːz ˈmædʒɪsti/ leez MAJ-ist-ee, US: /ˌleɪz -/ layz -⁠) is an offence or defamation against the dignity of a ruling...
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    Thai lèse-majesté law has been on the statute books since 1908. Thailand is the only constitutional monarchy to have strengthened its lèse-majesté law...
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  • imperial family," including lèse-majesté, were abolished in the 1947 revision of the penal code. Therefore, there is no lèse-majesté in the current law in Japan...
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    Retrieved 28 March 2023. "Cambodia Passes Lèse-Majesté Law | Voice of America – English". 16 February 2018. "Lèse majesté law now in effect". The Phnom Penh...
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  • lèse majesté was a man who attacked Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom with a tomato during her state visit in 1981. As of 2015, lèse majesté is...
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    Crown, Article 56, the Spanish Constitution of 1978. The concept of lèse-majesté (lesa-majestad) exists in Spanish jurisprudence, which is the crime or...
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    Other critics of the lèse majesté law were detained as well. The NCPO later summoned a number of exiled activists accused of lèse majesté, including former...
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    to fly. Historically the Dutch monarch was protected by law against Lèse-majesté. The Netherlands was amongst the last remaining monarchies in Europe...
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    lèse majesté law, even though the people's attitude towards the institution varies from one reign to another. The kings are protected by lèse-majesté...
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    sharp rise in lèse-majesté prosecutions. Lèse-majesté cases rose from five or six a year pre-2005 to 478 in 2010. Although lèse-majesté officially only...
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